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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Spector, Ronald H., 1943- author.     Subjects     Decolonization -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.     Political violence -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.     Atrocities -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.     Asia -- History -- 1945-     Asia -- History, Military -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Spector, Ronald H., 1943- author.       by title:      A continent erupts :...         MARC Display

A continent erupts : decolonization, civil war, and massacre in postwar Asia, 1945-1955 / Ronald H. Spector. by Spector, Ronald H., 1943- author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] Subjects Decolonization -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.   Political violence -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.   Atrocities -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.   Asia -- History -- 1945-   Asia -- History, Military -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780393254655 (hardcover) : 0393254658 hardcover Description:  xx, 538 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Introduction: The continent of empire -- "We buried imperialism today" -- "Starting from the flat of his back" -- "A military crisis that cannot be contained" -- "Operation Crow" -- "China's Gettysburg" -- The improbably survival of Chiang Kai-shek -- "We shall have suffered a rout" -- "Everything that could happen has happened" -- The republic of discord -- The nervousness of Lieutenant Finley -- "A six- to eight-week war" -- "There will be no more retreating" -- "I shall crush them" -- "Our mission is an arduous but glorious one" -- "He was coming down to clean up this mess" -- The "entirely new war" -- The last offensive -- Panmunjom -- Iron Mike and the cat -- "A base for positive and offensive operations" -- "We must not lose Asia." Requests:  0 Summary:  "A harrowing history of the conflicts that swept Asia during the decade following World War II-and determined the fate of the continent. The end of World War II led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace." Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaya-the fighting never really stopped, as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with all-too-violent consequences. East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe. Within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, civil war, communal clashes, and insurgency engulfed the continent, from Southeast Asia to the Soviet border. By early 1947, full-scale wars were raging in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam, with growing guerrilla conflicts in Korea and Malaya. Within a decade after the Japanese surrender, almost all of the countries of South, East, and Southeast Asia that had formerly been conquests of the Japanese or colonies of the European powers experienced wars and upheavals that resulted in the deaths of at least 2.5 million combatants and millions of civilians. With A Continent Erupts, acclaimed military historian Ronald H. Spector draws on letters, diaries, and international archives to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive events. Far from being simply offshoots of the Cold War, as they have often been portrayed, these shockingly violent conflicts forever changed the shape of Asia, and the world as we know it today"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hanapepe Public Library Adult Nonfiction 950.42 Sp Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 950.42 Sp Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 950.42 Spector Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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