| The Reluctant Combatant: Japan and the Second Sino-Japanese War Contributor(s): Minoru, Kitamura (Author), Si-Yun, Lin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761863249 ISBN-13: 9780761863243 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $41.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | Propaganda |
| Dewey: 951.042 |
| LCCN: 2013957269 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 140 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |