The wars for Asia, 1911-1949 /

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 that w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Paine, S. C. M., 1957-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	China > History, Military > 1912-1949. Japan > History, Military > 1868-1945. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > China. World War, 1939-1945 > Japan. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Fear and Ambition: Japan, China, and Russia
1. Introduction: the Asian roots of World War II
2. Japan 1931-6: the containment of Russia and national restoration
3. China 1926-36: chaos and the quest for the mandate of heaven
4. Russia 1917-36: 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. The global war: World War I
8. The final act of the long Chinese Civil War
9. Conclusion: civil war as the prologue and epilogue to regional and global wars.