Japans Continental Adventure

Zusatztext 'This book is not an unfair presentation of the case from the Chinese point of view...' - The Guardian'The author...shows what Korea pays for Japanese rule...'- The Times'A fine contribution to the solution of Sino-Japanese conflict...'- Railway Review Zusammenfassung This book contains eighteen studies on various important phases of Japan’s invasion of China. The appendix contains the historical declaration by Chiang-Kai-shek setting forth clearly the reasons why China took up arms against Japanese aggression, and a lucid chapter by the veteran sinologist Owen Lattimore on what Korea pays for Japan’s rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Invasion of Manchuria 2. Japan’s Rights and Grievances 3. The Battle of Shanghai and the League of Nations 4. The Sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway 5. The Pan-Asiatic Doctrine of Japan. 6. Japan Crosses the Great Wall 7. Theodore Roosevelt and Japan’s Monroe Doctrine 8. The Canton-Hankow Railway Plays its Part 9. Isolation and Neutrality 10. Extraterritoriality in China and Japan’s Designs 11. What does China Fight For? 12.The Japanese "Open Door"13.British Interests in China 14. The Fate of Shanghai 15. Japan’s New Weapon 16. Japan’s War on China’s Institutions of Higher Education 17. The Sack of Nanking 18. Japan’s Invasion of China and the Pacific Powers 19. The Third Anniversary of China’s Armed Resistance Appendix A:Why China Resorts to Armed Resistance. B:What Korea pays for Japanese Rule. Index.

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• Authors: Ching-Chun Wang, Ching-Chun Wang, Wang Ching-Chun
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.09.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9780415587839
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58783-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan; Routledge Library Editions: Japan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General