Kitamura Minoru, Lin Si-Yun

The Reluctant Combatant

Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese War

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Produktbeschreibung

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 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780761863243
• ISBN-10: 0761863249
• Artikelnr.: 40188067

Autorenporträt

Kitamura Minoru graduated Kyoto University in 1973. He is now a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto where he teaches Modern Chinese History. Lin Si-Yun graduated Nanjing University in 1985. He has authored several books in Japanese on the cultural differences between Japan and China.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WAR I. The Second
Sino-Japanese War and world history II. Aggressive wars not considered
crimes III. Japan: victim of circumstance CHAPTER 1: EVENTS LEADING UP TO
THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan and China join European-oriented
international order II. Russo-Japanese War spawns a new conflict III.
Tension between Japan and China heightens CHAPTER 2: CHINA AND THE SECOND
SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Behind the groundswell of support for war against
Japan II. From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to full-blown war CHAPTER 3:
JAPAN AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan's response to the outbreak
of the Second Sino-Japanese War II. Initial peace overtures III. The war in
the context of international politics CHAPTER 4: THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE
WAR AND CHINESE SOCIETY I. Who fought in the war? II. Recruitment of
soldiers in China CHAPTER 5: WAR DYNAMICS ALTER CHINESE SOCIETY I. The
effect of Japanese occupation II. Establishment of pro-Japan governments
CHAPTER 6: FROM THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR TO THE PACIFIC WAR I. Japanese
government's efforts to negotiate peace with Nationalist government II. The
road to the Pacific War CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF HISTORY I.
Chinese views about crimes and punishment II. Confucian ethics encourage
lying: the bihui syndrome AFTERWORD SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY