{"product_id":"sino-japanese-entanglements-1931-1932-a-military-record-9781783310432","title":"SINO-JAPANESE ENTANGLEMENTS 1931-1932 A Military Record","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen did the Second World War begin? Most accounts give 1939 as the date, but for the vast populations of China and Japan, the conflict started almost a decade previously - in 1931\/32, and continued without pause until Japan''s surrender in 1945.  This volume is a rarity indeed, being an English-language account of the opening stages of the conflict written  by a Japanese author from an unashamedly pro-Japanese viewpoint. Most historians today support the view that the Sino-Japanese conflict was but the first stages in Japan''s efforts to conquer south-east Asia, involving atrocious acts such as the infamous Nanking massacre of civilians that followed . In this book, Zumoto claims that Japan occupied Shanghai merely to protect Japanese citizens; and set up the puppet state of Manchuko in Manchuria to further economic progress. An interesting insight into Japan''s pre-war thinking and the way that it presented its propaganda to the outside world.","brand":"Naval \u0026 Military Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771490926935,"sku":"9781783310432","price":15.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783310432.jpg?v=1758728032","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sino-japanese-entanglements-1931-1932-a-military-record-9781783310432","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}