The China incident : igniting the Second Sino-Japanese War /

In 1937, Japan blundered into a debilitating war with China, beginning with a minor incident near Peking (now Beijing) that quickly escalated. The Japanese won significant battles and captured the capital, Nanking, after a horrific massacre of its citizens. Chiang Kai-shek, China's acknowledged...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Whitehurst, G. William (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
Subjects:	Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. China > Foreign relations > Japan. China > Foreign relations > United States. Japan > Foreign relations > China. United States > Foreign relations > China. HISTORY / Asia / General.

Table of Contents:

An Empire and an Army Are Born
The Army in Retreat
The Struggle for Control
Triumph and Uncertainty
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The China Incident
The Home Front
North China and the Failure of Mediation
Quarantine the Aggressor
Charade at Brussels
The Rape of Nanking
Aftermath.