Book Review: The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949

Among the best contributions here are the several dealing with Manchuria, which plays a starring role in these intertwined dramas: its importance to Japan both before and after its seizure in 1931; as the scene of Soviet involvement in the last act of the war against Japan, whose surrender was accel...

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Published in:The China quarterly (London) 2013, Vol.216, p.1086
Main Author: Van Slyke, Lyman P
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Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
Civil war
Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
Military occupations
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World War II
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Civil war
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Russian language
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