Clash of empires in South China:the Allied nations' proxy war with Japan, 1935-1941

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macri Franco David
Published: University Press of Kansas,
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