China and the Great War: China's Pursuit of a New National Identity and Internationalization

by Guoqi Xu

Book Overview

China's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This 2005 book is a full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using largely unknown archival materials from China, France, Germany, UK, and USA. It explains why China wanted to join the war and what were its contributions to the war effort and the emerging world order in the postwar period. The book also demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052128323X
• ISBN13: 9780521283236
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"