Surviving in Violent Conflicts: Chinese Interpreters in the Second Sino-Japanese War 1931-1945

by Ting Guo

This book examines the relatively little-known history of interpreting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45). Chapters within explore how Chinese interpreters were trained and deployed as an important military and political asset by competing domestic and international powers, including the Chinese Nationalist Government (Kuomingtang), the Chinese Communist Party and Japanese forces. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including archives in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137461187
• ISBN13: 9781137461186
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.7"