Title
Forgotten ally [electronic resource] : China's World War II, 1937-1945 / Rana Mitter.
Edition
First U.S. Edition
ISBN
9780547840567 electronic book
061889425X hardcover
9780618894253 hardcover
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 450 p., [16] pages of plates) : ill.
Call Number
DS777.53 .M555 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
951.04/2
Summary
"For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. China was the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West. In this emotionally gripping book, made possible through access to newly unsealed Chinese archives, Rana Mitter unfurls the story of China's World War II as never before and rewrites the larger history of the war in the process. He focuses his narrative on three towering leaders -- Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and the lesser-known collaborator Wang Jingwei -- and extends the timeline of the war back to 1937, when Japanese and Chinese troops began to clash, fully two years before Hitler invaded Poland. Unparalleled in its research and scope, Forgotten Ally is a sweeping, character-driven history that will be essential reading not only for anyone with an interest in World War II, but also for those seeking to understand today's China, where, as Mitter reveals, the echoes of the war still reverberate"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-425) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
The path to war: As close as lips and teeth : China's fall, Japan's rise ; A new revolution ; The path to confrontation
Disaster: Thirty-seven days in summer : the outbreak of war ; The battle for Shanghai ; Refugees and resistance ; Massacre at Nanjing ; The battle of Taierzhuang ; The deadly river
Resisting alone: "A sort of wartime normal" ; Flight into the unknown ; The road to Pearl Harbor
The poisoned alliance ; Destination Burma ; Hunger in Henan ; States of terror ; Conference at Cairo ; One war, two fronts ; Showdown with Stilwell ; Unexpected victory ; Epilogue: The enduring war.
