5. The Battle of Shanghai

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