Describes how newly modernized Japan waged war against China in its first overseas campaign, marking its rapid transition into Asia's leading military power onl

This is the first ever English-language study of the war which established Japan's image as a warrior nation, an image which in many ways persists today. Using

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This project offers the first English-language general history of military operations during the Sino-Japanese war based on Japanese, Chinese, and Western sourc