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4. To War

© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. MAPS vii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. Part I: Staking a Nation
  6. 1. Chiang Kaishek: Saving China 21
  7. 2. Nation Building 32
  8. 3. Nanjing, Nanjing 44
  9. 4. To War 57
  10. Part II: Momentous Times
  11. 5. The Battle of Shanghai 75
  12. 6. Trading Space for Time 92
  13. 7. Regime Change 114
  14. 8. War Communism 133
  15. Part III: The Acid Test
  16. 9. The Allies at War 157
  17. 10. The Turning Point 179
  18. 11. Japan’s Surrender in China 203
  19. Part IV: The New China
  20. 12. Crash and Burn 221
  21. 13. National Liberation War 237
  22. 14. Exhaustion 256
  23. Epilogue: Transitions 271
  24. Notes 279
  25. Selected Bibliography 323
  26. Acknowledgements 336
  27. List of Illustrations 338
  28. Index 340
China at War
This chapter is in the book China at War
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674919525-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. MAPS vii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. Part I: Staking a Nation
  6. 1. Chiang Kaishek: Saving China 21
  7. 2. Nation Building 32
  8. 3. Nanjing, Nanjing 44
  9. 4. To War 57
  10. Part II: Momentous Times
  11. 5. The Battle of Shanghai 75
  12. 6. Trading Space for Time 92
  13. 7. Regime Change 114
  14. 8. War Communism 133
  15. Part III: The Acid Test
  16. 9. The Allies at War 157
  17. 10. The Turning Point 179
  18. 11. Japan’s Surrender in China 203
  19. Part IV: The New China
  20. 12. Crash and Burn 221
  21. 13. National Liberation War 237
  22. 14. Exhaustion 256
  23. Epilogue: Transitions 271
  24. Notes 279
  25. Selected Bibliography 323
  26. Acknowledgements 336
  27. List of Illustrations 338
  28. Index 340
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