Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China

by Stephen R. MacKinnon

During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation, Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war-and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time tells the full story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520254457
• ISBN13: 9780520254459
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"