Franklin D. Roosevelt & Conservation, 1911-1945: 1911-1937. v. 2. 1937-1945
Author : Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Page : 638 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Natural resources
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Author : Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Page : 638 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Natural resources
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Author : Rana Mitter
Publisher : HMH
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 054784056X
A history of the Chinese experience in WWII, named a Book of the Year by both the Economist and the Financial Times: “Superb” (The New York Times Book Review). In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in a devastating struggle for its very survival. In this book, prize-winning historian Rana Mitter unfurls China’s drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue as never before. Based on groundbreaking research, this gripping narrative focuses on a handful of unforgettable characters, including Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Chiang’s American chief of staff, “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell—and also recounts the sacrifice and resilience of everyday Chinese people through the horrors of bombings, famines, and the infamous Rape of Nanking. More than any other twentieth-century event, World War II was crucial in shaping China’s worldview, making Forgotten Ally both a definitive work of history and an indispensable guide to today’s China and its relationship with the West.
Author : Peter Harmsen
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2013-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 161200167X
This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world. In its sheer scale, the struggle for ChinaÕs largest city was a sinister forewarning of what was in store for the rest of mankind only a few years hence, in theaters around the world. It demonstrated how technology had given rise to new forms of warfare, or had made old forms even more lethal. Amphibious landings, tank assaults, aerial dogfights and most importantly, urban combat, all happened in Shanghai in 1937. It was a dress rehearsal for World War IIÑor perhaps more correctly it was the inaugural act in the warÑthe first major battle in the global conflict. Actors from a variety of nations were present in Shanghai during the three fateful autumn months when the battle raged. The rich cast included China's ascetic Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his Japanese adversary, General Matsui Iwane, who wanted Asia to rise from disunity, but ultimately pushed the continent toward its deadliest conflict ever. Claire Chennault, later of ÒFlying TigerÓ fame, was among the figures emerging in the course of the campaign, as was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In an ironic twist, Alexander von Falkenhausen, a stern German veteran of the Great War, abandoned his role as a mere advisor to the Chinese army and led it into battle against the Japanese invaders. Written by Peter Harmsen, a foreign correspondent in East Asia for two decades, and currently bureau chief in Taiwan for the French news agency AFP, Shanghai 1937 fills a gaping chasm in our understanding of the Second World War.
Author : United States. Department of State
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Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 1954
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Author : United States. Department of State
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 1954
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Author : Rana Mitter
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141031453
In Rana Mitter's tense, moving and hugely important book, the war between China and Japan - one of the most important struggles of the Second World War - at last gets the masterly history it deserves.
Author : United States. Department of State
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Page : 570 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 1954
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Author : United States. Department of State
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Page : 1574 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 1948
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 1949
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Author : New York (State)
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Page : 2678 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Session laws
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