The Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 1931-1945: A World History Perspective Part I

This monograph demonstrates the prominent historical position of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in WW II and argues that China’s War of Resistance made great contributions to the Global Anti-Fascist Warfare. In specific, the book elaborates on the following six aspects. Firstly, China’s War of Resistance Against Japan represents the progressive trend in the world history; Secondly, China’s protracted war of resistance smashed Japan’s quick-battle strategy against China; Thirdly, China’s War of Resistance contained Japan’s world strategies of northward advance, southward advance, westward advance, and its diplomatic strategies in general. Fourthly, China’s War of Resistance pushed forward the U.S.-Britain’s strategic shift in East Asia from passivism to pro-activism. Fifthly, China’s War of Resistance provided strong support to the successful operation of U.S.-Britain’s global strategy. Finally, Chinese wartime diplomacy enhanced the establishment and consolidation of the Global Anti-Fascist Alliance.

WANG Hui at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu Province, China Prof. Jieyun FENG was born in Jiangsu Province of People’s Republic of China in 1973. She obtained a Ph.D. Degree from the Dept of Chinese & Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently she is professor in the Dept of Business English, Director of the Research Center in Business Communication, University of International Business & Economics, Beijing, P. R. C. She has been actively involved in doing research about sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and intercultural communication. She is the primary investigator of five national and ministerial research projects. JIN Guangsa at University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China Prof. Dekun HU, born in March, 1946, graduated from the History Department of Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China. Currently he is Director for the Research Institute of World History Studies, professor in the School of History and Ph.D. supervisor as well. In addition, he is also the Chairman for the Chinese Association of WWII History. He has published over forty journal articles and several monographs including History of World War II (co-author), History of Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945), World War II and Global Social Progress in the Post-War Era (editor-in-chief). Nanfang College, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

Preface 1 Preface 2 Abstract Part I Chapter 1 The Chinese’ s War of Resistance and Japan’ s Strategic Failure in Invading China Section 1. The Chinese War of Resistance against Japan: A Prelude to the Global Anti-Fascist War Section 2. The Chinese War of Resistance and Japan’ s Failure in Implementing Its Invasion Strategy against China Section 3. China’ s Resistance in the Battlefield Behind Enemy Lines and Japan’ s Failure in the “ Public Security Campaign” Chapter 2 The Chinese War of Resistance and Containment of Japan’ s Global Strategy Section 1. The Chinese War of Resistance and Containment of Japan’ s Northward Expansion Section 2. The Chinese War of Resistance and Changes in Japan’ s Southward Expansion Strategy Section 3. Impact of the Chinese War of Resistance on Japan’ s Diplomatic Strategy Chapter 3 Impact of the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan on the US-UK East Asia Policy Section 1. Japan’ s Invasion of China and the US-UK Appeasement Policy Section 2. The Chinese War of Resistance against Japan and the US UK Strategic Shift in East Asia