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Ronald H Spector

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1) In the ruins of empire: the Japanese surrender and the battle for postwar Asia

Author

Spector, Ronald H

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

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Spector follows up on Eagle Against the Sun, his account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, with a chronicle of the aftermath of this crucial conflict. He tells the fascinating story of the deadly confrontations that broke out--or merely continued--in Asia after peace was proclaimed. Under occupation by the victorious Allies, this part of the world was plunged into new power struggles, or back into old feuds, that in some...

2) A continent erupts: decolonization, civil war, and massacre in postwar Asia, 1945-1955

Author

Spector, Ronald H

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

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"A harrowing history of the conflicts that swept Asia during the decade following World War II-and determined the fate of the continent. The end of World War II led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace." Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaya-the...