Guoqi Xu

China and the Great War

China's Pursuit of a New National Identity and Internationalization

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Produktbeschreibung

China's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This 2005 book is a full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using largely unknown archival materials from China, France, Germany, UK, and USA. It explains why China wanted to join the war and what were its contributions to the war effort and the emerging world order in the postwar period. The book also demonstrates that China's participation in the First World War was not only a defining moment in modern Chinese and world history, but also the beginning of China's long journey toward internationalization. In this provocative book, Professor Xu adds a new dimension to our collective memory of the war, its tragedy and its significance, and restores the China war memory into its rightful place.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Vol.20
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9780521842129
• ISBN-10: 0521842123
• Artikelnr.: 14675795

Autorenporträt

Xu Guoqi is Wen Chao Chen Assistant Professor of History at Kalamazoo College. He is a leading scholar in the field of international history of China. He has taught history both in China and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Stage Is Set: 1. China's preparation for entry into the international system; 2. The rise of Chinese internationalism and the new diplomacy; Part II. China Attempts to Join the War: 3. China responses to the outbreak of war; 4. 'Using laborers as soldiers' - an alternative strategy; 5. China's formal entry into the war; Part III. The Great War in Chinese Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations: 6. The war within; 7. The 1919 Paris Peace Conference and China's search for a new world order; Conclusion.

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Introduction
Part I. The Stage Is Set: 1. China's preparation for entry into the international system
2. The rise of Chinese internationalism and the new diplomacy
Part II. China Attempts to Join the War: 3. China responses to the outbreak of war
4. 'Using laborers as soldiers' - an alternative strategy
5. China's formal entry into the war
Part III. The Great War in Chinese Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations: 6. The war within
7. The 1919 Paris Peace Conference and China's search for a new world order
Conclusion.

Rezensionen

Review of the hardback: 'Any student of WW1 would consider this book as an essential read.' Open History