The much troubled alliance : US-China military cooperation during the Pacific War, 1941-1945 / Hsi-sheng Ch'i (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA & Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chi, Hsi-sheng, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Participation, American.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.

Military assistance, American--China--History--20th century.

Military assistance, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

China--Foreign relations--1912-1949.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (790 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The topics of World War II and US-China relationship have been of much interest to academics and general public alike. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that has been produced on the topics over the past 50 years and offers the readers a new and balanced treatment of the topics. The scope of this book covers all the major political-military events from the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941 to the victory over Japan in August 1945. The scholarship in this subject area has long suffered from one serious flaw, i.e., unbalanced treatment. Although the leading works in the English language have aspired to conform to high professional standards, their intrinsic limitation is that they have only consulted English language materials, but have virtually failed to consult Chinese language materials. This phenomenon is unsatisfactory since wartime US-China alliance was a highly complicated "bilateral" relationship which can only be adequately narrated and analyzed by taking into account both countries' data and perspectives. This book addresses this glaring deficiency by employing a large amount of original Chinese source materials, but also by discovering a considerable amount of new English language materials as well as subjecting other often-used English materials to a close scrutiny. This book enables the readers to take a completely fresh look at that important period of US-China relations."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The outbreak of the Pacific War and China's immediate reactions

An American general went to China

The First Burma Campaign: March-April, 1942

The Burma Campaign: May-June, 1942: disastrous defeat and its ramifications

Multiple crises in Sino-American relations: June-July 1942

Currie's peace-making mission: July-August, 1942

Planning the next Burma Campaign: June 1942-June 1943

False optimism and real strains: July 1943-June 1944

The Second Burma Campaign and its ramifications

America's bid for full command power

The final showdown between Chiang and Stilwell

Wedemeyer's new path: not too little, but definitely too late

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

981-4641-84-7