A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
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A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022
A harrowing history of the conflicts that swept Asia during the decade following World War II-and determined the fate of the continent.
The end of World War II led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace." Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaya-the fighti...






















