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Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945
By Mitter, Rana
- ISBN
- 9780618894253
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
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Starred Review on October 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
The China we know today was forged in World War II. For Americans the war started with Pearl Harbor, but for the Chinese it was called the War of Patriotic Resistance Against Japan and it started in 1937. By 1941, China, at stunning cost in life and by trading land for time, had fought the Japanese invaders to a standstill. The war was a Darwinian test of adaptation in which Mao's Communist Party and his People's Liberation Army evolved into the instrum...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
