Clash of empires in South China
Subtitle: the Allied nations' proxy war with Japan, 1935-1941
By: Franco David Macri
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700618774
Subjects: Campaigns; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945; World War, 1939-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collective security in Asia : the global significance of hong Kong and southern China; title: Clearing the decks : preparing for war in South China, 1935 to July 1937; title: The Sino-Japanese War begins : proxy war in China, July 1937 to October 1938; title: The trap is sprung, October 1938 to March 1939; title: Stalemate, March to October 1939; title: Impasse in Kwangsi and Japan's failed interdiction strategy against Hong Kong, November 1939 to May 1940; title: Leveraging war and peace, May to December 1940; title: The triumph of collective security : Hong Kong, 1941; title: Empires derailed : the war in South China, September 1941 to January 1942; title: Collective insecurity : the demise of imperial power in Asia.