Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945, (Paperback)

from BrianHostad

Good read about a period of history I had little knowledge of. I would have liked it to have continued through properly until the communist victory in 1949 and as always there were not enough maps, nor were the ones there detailed enough. Otherwise recommended.

from jcbrunner

This book has been published as "Forgotten ally : China's World War II" and "China's War with Japan, 1937-1945". The actual angle of the book is Chiang Kai-shek's war. Rana Mitter's account tries to rehabilitate the man who "lost China". Barbara Tuchman's brutal use of the "Peanut" based on Vineg...

from Scapegoats

Mitter looks at the role of China in WWII. It begins early in the 20th century, but focuses mainly on the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Mitter is trying to show that the Chinese were not passive observers who were waiting for an American victory, but were active participants who were facing ...

from K.G.Budge

Mitter is an Oxford professor I have not previously encountered; he is apparently relatively young and a child of Bengali immigrants. All these indicators suggest that he brings a fresh perspective to the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and his book bears this out. The book is written ve...

from Sullywriter

An excellent chronicle of World War II from the often overlooked perspective of China where it all began.