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

While the most immediate concern was preserving Siberia and its vast resources from invasion, Macri identifies Hong Kong as the keystone in that proxy war - vital in sustaining Chinese resistance against Japan as it provided the logistical interface between the outside world and battles in Hunan and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macri, Franco David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2012.
Colección:Modern war studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 1941 to January 1942
  • Collective insecurity : the demise of imperial power in Asia.