The wars for Asia, 1911-1949

The wars for Asia, 1911-1949 / S.C.M. Paine.

"The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil War as separate events misrepresents their overlapping connections and causes. The long Chinese Civil War precipitated a long regional war between China and Japan...

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Main Author: Paine, S. C. M., 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1868-1949
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > China.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
HISTORY > Military > General.
HISTORY > Military > Pictorial.
China > History, Military > 1912-1949.
Japan > History, Military > 1868-1945.
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949.
China
Japan
History
Military history
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Fear and Ambition: Japan, China, and Russia: 1. Introduction: the Asian roots of World War II; 2. Japan 1931-1936: the containment of Russia and national restoration; 3. China 1926-1936: chaos and the quest for the mandate of heaven; 4. Russia 1917-1936: impending two-front war and world revolution
  • Part II. Nested Wars: A Civil War within a Regional War within a Global War: 5. Flashback to 1911 and the beginning of the long Chinese Civil War; 6. The regional war: the Second Sino-Japanese War; 7. Global war: World War II; 8. The final act of the long Chinese Civil War; 9. Conclusion: civil war as the prologue and epilogue to regional and global wars.

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