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Author:

Macri, Franco David.

Title:

Clash of empires in South China : the Allied nations' proxy war with Japan, 1935-1941 / Franco David Macri.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiii, 465 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Campaigns--China, Southeast.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China, Southeast.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-440) and index.

Contents:

Collective security in Asia : the global significance of hong Kong and southern China -- Clearing the decks : preparing for war in South China, 1935 to July 1937 -- The Sino-Japanese War begins : proxy war in China, July 1937 to October 1938 -- The trap is sprung, October 1938 to March 1939 -- Stalemate, March to October 1939 -- Impasse in Kwangsi and Japan's failed interdiction strategy against Hong Kong, November 1939 to May 1940 -- Leveraging war and peace, May to December 1940 -- The triumph of collective security : Hong Kong, 1941 -- Empires derailed : the war in South China, September 1941 to January 1942 -- Collective insecurity : the demise of imperial power in Asia.

Series:

Modern war studies

ISBN:

0700618775 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700618774 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788282667

LCCN:

2012026191

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)