The reluctant combatant Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese war / by Kitamura Minoru and Lin Siyun ; translated by Connie Prener.

Author/creator Kitamura, Minoru, 1948-
Other author Lin, Siyun, 1963-
Other author Prener, Connie.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : University Press of America, Inc., [2014]
Descriptionxxi, 118 pages ; 23 cm
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Portion of title Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese war
Partial contents International politics and war -- Events leading up to the second Sino-Japanese War -- China and the second Sino-Japanese War -- Japan and the second Sino-Japanese War -- The Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese society -- War dynamics alter Chinese society -- From the Second Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific war -- The Chinese perception of history.
Abstract The Reluctant Combatant offers proof that Japanese political leaders were reluctant to engage China in a full-scale conflict during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This book identifies several key aspects of the political context surrounding the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the extreme fragility of the national united front against Japan, the view of Soviet Russia as Japan's principal potential adversary, and the potential threat to Japanese national defense a protracted war with China would pose. This book reveals that the Communists, the National Government, local gentry, peasants, and bandits occasionally collaborated with the enemy--Japanese troops--to expand their spheres of influence. --Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-111) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013957269
ISBN9780761863243 (paperback ; alk. paper)
ISBN0761863249 (paperback ; alk. paper)
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