In the ruins of empire, the Japanese surrender and the battle for postwar Asia, Ronald H. Spector
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In the ruins of empire, the Japanese surrender and the battle for postwar Asia, Ronald H. Spector
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-338) and index
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non fiction
Main title
In the ruins of empire
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71552488
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Ronald H. Spector
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the Japanese surrender and the battle for postwar Asia
Summary
After World War II, under occupation by the victorious Allies, East Asia was plunged into new power struggles, or back into old feuds, that in some ways were worse than the war itself
Table of contents
"Shoot the works" -- "An enormous pot, seething and boiling" -- "Graft and corruption prevail" -- Freedom is on the offensive" -- " Long live Vietnam's independence" -- "Cochinchina is burning" -- " Just say you don't know anthing about it" -- " Hopeless as a society" -- "On no account be drawn into internal troubles" -- "Built upon unkown graves" -- The chidren of Andalas -- Wars postponed -- Wars renewed -- "The last desirable eventuality"
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