A Continent Erupts

Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955

A Continent Erupts
Ronald H Spector
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Hardback
h244 x 165mm - 560pg
4 Oct 2022 US
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9780393254655
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The war against Japan officially ended on September 2, 1945, but in Asia the fighting never really stopped. Civil war, communal violence, and insurgency engulfed almost all of Asia, from India to the Pacific Ocean, within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. By early 1947, full-scale wars were raging in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam, with growing guerrilla conflicts in Korea and Malaya. A decade after the Japanese surrender, almost all of the countries of South, East, and Southeast Asia that formerly had been colonies of the European powers or conquests of the Japanese had become independent nations? after clashes 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 provides, for the first time, a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive conflicts that changed the shape of Asia.
"Ronald Spector' s history of post-World War II Asia fills a major gap in our understanding of the post-1945 world. His beautifully written narrative is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we arrived at current international conditions. " -- Robert Dallek, presidential historian
Ronald H. Spector, professor emeritus of history and international relations, George Washington University, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Yale. His first permanent job was as a Marine NCO in Vietnam. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a lieutenant colonel in 1997. Spector has been a Fulbright Visiting Professor in India, Israel, and Singapore. From 1986 to 1989 he was the director of Naval History for the Navy Department. He is the author of seven books, including Eagle Against the Sun and In the Ruins of Empire. In 2012 he was awarded the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Military History.
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ISBN-13: 9780393254655
Published: 4 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Height: 244mm
Width: 165mm
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 925g
Pages: 560

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