{"product_id":"nomonhan-japan-against-russia-1939-9780804718356","title":"Nomonhan  Japan Against Russia 1939","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom May to September 1939 Japan and the Soviet Union fought an undeclared war on the Mongolian plains that ended with a decisive Soviet victory with two important results: Japan reoriented its strategic emphasis toward the south; and Russia freed itself from the fear of fighting on two fronts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Monumental... The culmination of 35 years of research... The finest English-language study written by a single author on modern Asian military history. Indeed, it is arguably a military history classic of any age and any language.\" -Mark R. Peattie ,The American Historical Review \"A masterpiece of narrative, documentation, and analysis.\" -Alan K. Lathrop ,Military Affairs \"This splendid book gives not only the history of the conflict but sets it against the background of Japanese, Soviet, and world politics, while providing fascinating information on the internal workings of the Japanese army prior to the Pacific War.\" -Denis Sinor ,Journal of Asian History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume I  Tables, maps and appendixes  Preface  Acknowledgments  A note to the reader  1. The genesis of the Kwantung Army, 1905-29  2. To the Kwantung Army's provocation of September 1931  3. The Mukden incident  4. The creation of the empire of Manchukuo  5. The Manchurian incident in Retrospect  6. The 'Marvel' of Manchukuo, 1932-37  7. Facing north: the problem and the 'solution'  8. Rumblings on the borders  9. Year of crisis: 1937  10. A neighboring small war: Changkufeng, 1938  11. Of cairns and flatlands: the western frontier  12. The coming of the Nomonhan War: the Mongolian connection  13. Japanese principals and a green division  14. Testing the border guidelines, May 1939  15. The trap on the Halha, May 1939  16. The two faces of escalation, June 1939  17. The Kwantung Army's unauthorized air offensive  18. On to Mongolia: a bridge too poor  19. An authorized offensive: the Halha river crossing  20. Retreat from the river  21. Trying it with tanks  22. Tanks dare the night  23. Foiled by piano wire  24. The end of the Yasuoka detachment  25. Trying it with cold steel  26. Stealth suspended  27. Trying it with big guns  28. Komatsubara's last push toward the river  29. Digging in  30. Forging a second cannae: Zhukov's masterpiece, August 1939  Volume II  31. The road to disaster  32. Desperate remedies  33. The charge of two light brigades  34. The end nears  35. Debacle  36. The death of the 23rd division  37. Winding down a small war  38. Stilling the guns  39. The price  40. The punishment  41. A border restored and the balance tallied  42. The lessons and applications of Nomonhan  43. To the demise of the Kwantung Army  Afterthoughts  Bibliography  Index of names.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527716479319,"sku":"9780804718356","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804718356.jpg?v=1731868963","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nomonhan-japan-against-russia-1939-9780804718356","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}