Beschreibung:
Offers a new interpretation of the Chinese nationalists, placing their war of resistance against Japan in the context of their efforts to establish control over their own country and providing a critical reassessment of regional Allied Warfare.
Introduction 1. Stilwell Revisited 2. Raising the National Revolutionary Army 3. Cultures of Violence during the Northern Expedition 4. Nationalism and Military Reform during the Nanjing Decade 5. A Forward Policy in the North 6. The War of Resistance before Japan's Southern Advance 7. Wartime Mobilisation Conclusion