{"product_id":"sino-japanese-entanglements-1931-1932-a-military-motosada-zumoto-9781783310432","title":"SINO-JAPANESE ENTANGLEMENTS 1931-1932 A Military Record","description":"When 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Motosada Zumoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178331043X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783310432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Naval \u0026amp; Military Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.75d","brand":"Motosada Zumoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437042675967,"sku":"9781783310432","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f04eeaf-061a-411e-acbc-e0f0dc489079.jpg?v=1777159473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sino-japanese-entanglements-1931-1932-a-military-motosada-zumoto-9781783310432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}