War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945

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Psychology Press, 2003 - 377 pages

In 1937, the Nationalists under Chiang Kaishek were leading the Chinese war effort against Japan and were lauded in the West for their efforts to transform China into an independent and modern nation; yet this image was quickly tarnished. The Nationalists were soon denounced as militarily incompetent, corrupt, and antidemocratic and Chiang Kaishek, the same.

In this book, van de Ven investigates the myths and truths of Nationalist resistance including issues such as:

  • the role of the US in East Asia during the Second World War
  • the achievements of Chiang Kaishek as Nationalist leader
  • the respective contributions of the Nationalists and the Communists to the defeat of Japan
  • the consequences of the Europe First strategy for Asia.

War and Nationalism in China offers a major new interpretation of the Chinese Nationalists, placing their war of resistance against Japan in the context of their prolonged efforts to establish control over their own country and providing a critical reassessment of Allied Warfare in the region. This groundbreaking volume will interest students and researchers of Chinese History and Warfare.

 

Pages sélectionnées

Table des matières

Stilwell revisited
19
Raising the National Revolutionary Army
64
Cultures of violence during the Northern Expedition 19268
94
Nationalism and military reform during the Nanjing Decade
131
A forward policy in the north
170
The War of Resistance before Japans Southern Advance
209
Wartime mobilisation
252
Droits d'auteur

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War and Nationalism in China: 1925-1945
Hans van de Ven
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War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945
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War and Nationalism in China: 1925-1945
Hans van de Ven
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Expressions et termes fréquents

Academia Historica Academy airforce Allied Anhui areas argued attack August Bai Chongxi baojia Battle Borodin British Burma campaign Canton Central Changsha Chen Chiang Kaishek Chinese Chongqing Churchill command Communists Dang'an defeat defence divisions economic Feng Yuxiang fighting forces front Guangdong Guangxi Clique Henan Hubei Hunan Ibid important Japan Japanese Jiang Jiangxi Kang Ri Zhanzheng KRZZZ Li Jishen Li Zongren March Marshall military million Minguo mobilisation Nanchang Nanjing National Army National Government Nationalists north China Northern Expedition offensive officers operations organisation peasant plans political provinces Railroad recruitment Report Resistance revolution Ri Zhanzheng Shi Roosevelt Shandong Shanghai Shanxi Shiliao Sichuan Song Soviet Union Staff Stilwell Stilwell's strategy Suiyuan Sun Yatsen supply Taierzhuang Tang telegram troops victory Wang Jingwei warfare warlordism Whampoa Wilbur Wuhan Xi'an Xishan Xuzhou Yan Xishan Yangtze River Yingqin yuan Yunnan Zhang Xueliang Zhejiang ZHMGSDAZL ZHMGZYSL Zhongguo Kang Ri Zone Zongren

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À propos de l'auteur (2003)

Hans J. van de Ven, educated at Leiden and Harvard universities, is a Reader in Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is also the author of the award-winning book From Friend to Comrade.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreWar and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945
RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia War and nationalism in China, 1925-1945
Numéro 10 de RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia
War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945, Hans J. van de Ven
AuteurHans J. Van de Ven
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurPsychology Press, 2003
ISBN0415145716, 9780415145718
Longueur377 pages
  
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