The Reluctant Combatant offers proof that Japanese political leaders were reluctant to engage China in a full-scale conflict during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This book reveals that the Communists, the National Government, local gentry, peasants, and bandits occasionally collaborated with the enemy-Japanese troops-to expand their spheres of influence.
The Reluctant Combatant offers proof that Japanese political leaders were reluctant to engage China in a full-scale conflict during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This book reveals that the Communists, the National Government, local gentry, peasants, and bandits occasionally collaborated with the enemy-Japanese troops-to expand their spheres of influence.
Kitamura Minoru (Ph.D., Kyoto University) is Professor of modern Chinese history at Ritsumeikan University. He is a member of the Japan Association for Modern China Studies.
Inhaltsangabe
PREFACE INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WAR I. The Second Sino-Japanese War and world history II. Aggressive wars not considered crimes III. Japan: victim of circumstance CHAPTER 1: EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan and China join European-oriented international order II. Russo-Japanese War spawns a new conflict III. Tension between Japan and China heightens CHAPTER 2: CHINA AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Behind the groundswell of support for war against Japan II. From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to full-blown war CHAPTER 3: JAPAN AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan's response to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War II. Initial peace overtures III. The war in the context of international politics CHAPTER 4: THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND CHINESE SOCIETY I. Who fought in the war? II. Recruitment of soldiers in China CHAPTER 5: WAR DYNAMICS ALTER CHINESE SOCIETY I. The effect of Japanese occupation II. Establishment of pro-Japan governments CHAPTER 6: FROM THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR TO THE PACIFIC WAR I. Japanese government's efforts to negotiate peace with Nationalist government II. The road to the Pacific War CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF HISTORY I. Chinese views about crimes and punishment II. Confucian ethics encourage lying: the bihui syndrome AFTERWORD SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
PREFACE INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WAR I. The Second Sino-Japanese War and world history II. Aggressive wars not considered crimes III. Japan: victim of circumstance CHAPTER 1: EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan and China join European-oriented international order II. Russo-Japanese War spawns a new conflict III. Tension between Japan and China heightens CHAPTER 2: CHINA AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Behind the groundswell of support for war against Japan II. From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to full-blown war CHAPTER 3: JAPAN AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR I. Japan's response to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War II. Initial peace overtures III. The war in the context of international politics CHAPTER 4: THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND CHINESE SOCIETY I. Who fought in the war? II. Recruitment of soldiers in China CHAPTER 5: WAR DYNAMICS ALTER CHINESE SOCIETY I. The effect of Japanese occupation II. Establishment of pro-Japan governments CHAPTER 6: FROM THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR TO THE PACIFIC WAR I. Japanese government's efforts to negotiate peace with Nationalist government II. The road to the Pacific War CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF HISTORY I. Chinese views about crimes and punishment II. Confucian ethics encourage lying: the bihui syndrome AFTERWORD SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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