Clash of empires in South China:the Allied nations' proxy war with Japan, 1935-1941
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Published: |
University Press of Kansas,
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Publisher Address: | Lawrence |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Modern war studies |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 465 p.: maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780700618774 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700618775 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K265 |
CLC: | K265 |
Call Number: | K265/M174 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-440) and index. Collective security in Asia : the global significance of hong Kong and southern China -- Clearing the decks : preparing for war in South China, 1935 to July 1937 -- The Sino-Japanese War begins : proxy war in China, July 1937 to October 1938 -- The trap is sprung, October 1938 to March 1939 -- Stalemate, March to October 1939 -- Impasse in Kwangsi and Japan's failed interdiction strategy against Hong Kong, November 1939 to May 1940 -- Leveraging war and peace, May to December 1940 -- The triumph of collective security : Hong Kong, 1941 -- Empires derailed : the war in South China, September |