The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949

ISBN: 9781107697478 出版年：2012 页码：506 S C M Paine Cambridge University Press

Part I. Fear and Ambition: Japan, China, and Russia: 1. Introduction: the Asian roots of World War II 2. Japan 1931-6: the containment of Russia and national restoration 3. China 1926-36: chaos and the quest for the mandate of heaven 4. Russia 1917-36: impending two-front war and world revolution Part II. Nested Wars: A Civil War within a Regional War within a Global War: 5. Flashback to 1911 and the beginning of the long Chinese Civil War 6. The regional war: the Second Sino-Japanese War 7. The global war: World War I 8. The final act of the long Chinese Civil War 9. Conclusion: civil war as the prologue and epilogue to regional and global wars.