圖書標籤: 曆史 中國 二戰 中國近代史 紀實 抗戰史 美國 history
发表于2024-05-18
Forgotten Ally pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
The epic, untold story of China’s devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan
For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West.
Rana Mitter focuses his gripping narrative on three towering leaders: Chiang Kai-shek, the politically gifted but tragically flawed head of China’s Nationalist government; Mao Zedong, the Communists’ fiery ideological stalwart, seen here at the beginning of his epochal career; and the lesser-known Wang Jingwei, who collaborated with the Japanese to form a puppet state in occupied China. Drawing on Chinese archives that have only been unsealed in the past ten years, he brings to vivid new life such characters as Chiang’s American chief of staff, the unforgettable “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, and such horrific events as the Rape of Nanking and the bombing of China’s wartime capital, Chongqing. Throughout, Forgotten Ally shows how the Chinese people played an essential role in the wider war effort, at great political and personal sacrifice.
Forgotten Ally rewrites the entire history of World War II. Yet it also offers surprising insights into contemporary China. No twentieth-century event was as crucial in shaping China’s worldview, and no one can understand China, and its relationship with America today, without this definitive work.
RANA MITTER is a professor of modern Chinese history at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including A Bitter Revolution. He is a regular contributor to British television and radio. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, the Guardian, and elsewhere.
peanut 這個叫法令人印象深刻
評分peanut 這個叫法令人印象深刻
評分中研院近史所讀書會2014年7月讀物。
評分看的第二本英文書,額,本來自己對曆史就不太瞭解,看瞭之後發現太多的人太多的事被遺忘瞭。蔣還是一個牛逼人物啊
評分整本書像超市裏賣得速凍包子,錶麵很軟很彈很香,但吃起來有毒啊!呈現瞭曆史的復雜性值得推薦,但大體的見解仍然是極其歐洲中心的、精英權貴式的,作者時不時的在給日本洗地。
以其规模之大影响之深发生时间之近,中国战场二战史本最不应被遗忘,但是因为牵涉各当权势力的历史基础和合法性,东亚各种官方解读“罗生门”到极致;因为参与者自身不能严肃对待,加上东西方文化差异,作为旁观者的欧美苏也有意无意地忽视这段历史。或许只有作者印度裔剑桥教...
評分 評分抗日战争是中华民族历史上距离我们最近的一次生存危机,也是我们所遭遇的最为深重的一场灾难。日本人在中华大地上那种肆意的烧杀淫掠,那种对国人穷凶极恶的杀戮,那种对中国必欲灭之而后快的残忍,为我们留下了最为惨痛的心灵伤痛。然而,随着好段历史的渐行渐远,对于大多数...
評分 評分这本书基本是一本毁三观的书,我们对于近代史的印象太美好,感觉就好像本来的中国挺不错,列强来到了,生活才崩盘。 又太乐观,觉得当年的中国似乎有无数高明的出路可供挑选。 看完这本书,我的想法都放了一放。 开篇就是日本崛起,中国扑街。为什么做国家的差距会这么大,至...
Forgotten Ally pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024