Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze

“In the voluminous literature on World War II, few books treat the Sino—Japanese War, and few of those are accessible to non—specialists. Thankfully, seasoned East Asian correspondent Peter Harmsen has written an engrossing study that goes far to fill the gap in the historiography of a neglected theater of operations and the first large—scale urban battle of the war.” —Michigan War Studies Review

This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At...