Forgotten ally
by Rana Mitter · first published 2013
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"For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. China was the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West. In this emotionally gripping book, made possible through access to newly unsealed Chinese archives, Rana Mitter unfurls the story of China's World War II as never before and rewrites the larger history of the war in the process. He focuses his narrative on three towering leaders -- Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong,
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…the Japanese to communist armies. As a result, the Communists were for the first time able to equip a large regular army, as opposed to fighting irregular war as guerrillas. I highly recommend reading Forgotten Ally by Rana Mitter. This is maybe the best popular history of China in WW2. P.s. I say this as the descendant of soldiers who fought on both sides of the civil war.
on “The Opium Wars Still Shape China’s View of the West” ↗…years before France and Britain against Germany and four years before the rest of the Allies engaged Japan, i.e. China fought against Japan alone for longer than as one of 'The Allies'. Rana Mintner's Forgotten Ally was on the new shelf a few months ago at the public library: http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Ally-China%C2%92s-World-1937... More recently I read Bruce Cummings The Korean War: A History. Now I no longer…
on “World War II in the Pacific, narrated by my grandpa” ↗