China At War Triumph And Tragedy In The Emergence Of The New China 19371952 Hans Van De Ven by Hans Van De Ven 9781781251942, 1781251940 instant download after payment.

China's War of Resistance against Japan, as WWII is known in China, was never about the defeat of Japan alone. China was also at war with itself. Between 1937 and 1949, a vicious revolutionary war between Nationalists and Communists, divided by radically different views about China's future, ravaged the country, killing millions and laying waste to cities and the countryside. The outcomes of these wars have shaped the country and the world since.
China at Warfocuses on this period, examining the complex truth behind the propaganda of both East and West. Cambridge professor Hans van de Ven shows how the results of the fighting ended European imperialism in East Asia, restored China to its traditional position of regional centrality, and gave the USA a decisive role in East Asian politics. In the process, he argues, it also triggered profound changes in warfare, as important as the development of atomic weapons, and gave the countryside a new social, political and military significance.
Through fascinating personal accounts and extensive scholarship,China at Warcasts new light on this crucial period of history, and harnesses contemporary art, culture and ideology to illuminate world-changing events.