Clash of Empires on South China by Franco David Macri

Clash of Empires on South China by Franco David Macri

Examines the military operations that emerged from the Japanese invasion of Southern China. Opens a new window on this rarely studied theater in World War II and shows for the first time how the conflict served as a "proxy war" to support aims more in line with the goals of the Allied nations than with China's.

"Any reader seeking an understanding of the powers' military and diplomatic actions in China, in particular south of the Yangtze and at Hong Kong, from the mid-1930s through 1941, will learn much from this detailed, well written, and deeply researched historyDrawing on his Herculean labors in various Western archives, he presents much new material." The Journal of Military History

"This is a stimulating book that will blow away some cobwebs and shake some received opinions. . . . It is certainly the most thoroughly researched and deeply contextualised effort to connect Chinese and Japanese military operations in south China to their wider global and grand strategic ramifications. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Sophisticated, pioneering, and a significant contribution to the field of World War II studies. Macri s research is meticulous, exhaustive, and well balanced; his writing is cogent and smooth. An admirable work. Miles Maochun Yu, author of The Dragon s War: Allied Operations and the Fate of China

Massively researched and splendidly narrated, this is the best available international history of Hong Kong during the China-Japan war. Akira Iriye, author of China and Japan in the Global Setting

Outstanding. Sweeping in scope and illuminating. Edward J. Drea, author of Japan s Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall

An impressive addition to the literature of the Pacific War. Xiaobing Li, author of A History of the Chinese Army

Franco David Macri is a postdoctoral fellow with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA.

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ISBN 13	9780700618774
ISBN 10	0700618775
Title	Clash of Empires on South China
Author	Franco David Macri
Series	Modern War Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University Press of Kansas
Year published	2012-11-30
Number of pages	512
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