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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Coox, Alvin D. Nomonhan. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1985 (OCoLC)1126070419 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alvin D Coox |
ISBN: | 0804711607 9780804711609 0804718350 9780804718356 |
OCLC Number: | 11160382 |
Description: | 2 volumes (xvi, 1253 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Volume 1 -- The Genesis of the Kwantung army, 1905-29 -- To the Kwantung Army's provocation of September 1931 -- The Mukden incident -- The creation of the Empire of Manchukuo -- The Manchurian incident in retrospect -- The "Marvel" of Manchukuo, 1932-37 -- Facing North: The problem and the "Solutions" -- Rumblings on the borders -- Year of crisis: 1937 -- A neighboring small war: Changkufeng, 1938 -- Of cairns and flatlands: The Western frontier -- The coming of the Nomonhan war: The Mongolian connection -- Japanese principals and a green division -- Testing the border guidelines, May 1939 -- The trap on the Halha, May 1939 -- The two faces of escalation, June 1939 -- The Kwantung army's unauthorized air offensive -- On to Mongolia: A bridge too poor -- An authorized offensive: The Halha river crossing -- Retreat from the river -- Trying it with tanks -- Tanks dare the night -- Foiled by piano wire -- The end of the Yasuoka detachment -- Trying it with cold steel -- Stealth suspended -- Trying it with big guns -- Komatsubara's last push toward the river -- Digging in -- Forging a second cannae: Zhukov's masterpiece, August 1939. Volume 2 -- The road to disaster -- Desperate remedies -- The charge of two light brigades -- The end nears -- Debacle -- The death of the 23rd division -- Winding down a small war -- Stilling the guns -- The price -- The punishment -- A border restored and the balance tallied -- The lessons and applications of Nomonhan -- To the demise of the Kwantung army. |
Responsibility: | Alvin D. Coox. |
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"Monumental... The culmination of 35 years of research... The finest English-language study written by a single author on modern Asian military history. Indeed, it is arguably a military history classic of any age and any language." -Mark R. Peattie ,The American Historical Review "A masterpiece of narrative, documentation, and analysis." -Alan K. Lathrop ,Military Affairs "This splendid book gives not only the history of the conflict but sets it against the background of Japanese, Soviet, and world politics, while providing fascinating information on the internal workings of the Japanese army prior to the Pacific War." -Denis Sinor ,Journal of Asian History Read more...

