China's Bitter Victory: War with Japan, 1937-45

by James C. Hsiung, Steven I. Levine

Overview

"China's Bitter Victory" is a comprehensive analysis of China's epochal war with Japan. Striving for a holistic understanding of China's wartime experience, the contributors examine developments in the Nationalist, communist, and Japanese-occupied areas of the country. More than just a history of battles and conferences, the book portrays the significant impact of the war on every dimension of Chinese life, including politics, the economy, culture, legal affairs, and science. For within the overriding struggle for national survival, the competition for political goals continued. China ultimately triumphed, but at a price of between 15 and 20 million lives and vast destruction of property and resources. And China's bitter victory brought new trials for the Chinese people in the form of civil war and revolution. This book tells the story of China during a crucial period pregnant with consequences not only for China but also for Asia and the world as well. Addressed to students, scholars, and general readers, the book aims to fill a gap in the existing literature on modern Chinese history and on World War II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563242465
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1992
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James C. Hsiung, Steven I. Levine

Table of Contents

1: China's Wartime Diplomacy; 2: China's Wartime State; 3: Contending Political Forces during the War of Resistance; 4: The Chinese Communist Movement; 5: The CCP's Foreign Policy of Opposition, 1937–1945; 6: The Military Dimension, 1937–1941; 7: The Military Dimension, 1942–1945; 8: The Chinese War Economy; 9: Science in Wartime China; 10: Literature and Art of the War Period; 11: Wartime Judicial Reform in China; 12: The War and After: World Politics in Historical Context

Editorial Reviews

A team of scholars, all of whom are well-established authorities in their fields, address a cross-section of important topics relating to wartime China during 1937-45--producing not a mere chronicle of the military conflict, but the political, diplomatic, military, economic, and cultural dimensions of an eight-year struggle that China did not seek in the first place and that it initially was not prepared to fight. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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