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Summary:

Spector follows up on Eagle Against the Sun, his account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, with a chronicle of the aftermath of this crucial conflict. He tells the fascinating story of the deadly confrontations that broke out--or merely continued--in Asia after peace was proclaimed. Under occupation by the victorious Allies, this part of the world was plunged into new power struggles, or back into old feuds, that in some ways were worse than the war itself. International suspicions were still strong; die-hard Japanese officers plotted to prevent surrender; in Manchuria, Russian "liberators" looted, raped, and killed innocent civilians; in China a fratricidal rivalry continued between Chiang Kai-shek's regime and Mao's revolutionaries; and Southeast Asia and Korea became powderkegs, with Communists only one of several competing anticolonial factions.--From publisher description.

Author/Creator:

Spector, Ronald H., 1943-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

In the ruins of empire: the Japanese surrender and the battle for postwar Asia [by Spector, R.H.]

Subjects:

East Asia — History — 1945-

Southeast Asia — History — 1945-

Since 1945

Asia — Orient

Southeast Asia

East Asia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-338) and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

DS518.1 .S64 2007

ISBNs:

0375509151
9780375509155

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2006051048

OCLC Numbers:

71552488