Title Stalin, Japan, and the struggle for supremacy over China, 1894-1945 / Hiroaki Kuromiya

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge open history Routledge open history. Contents War and Romance (1894-1922) -- Stalin, Zhang, and Tanaka (1922-1929) -- Japan's Manchurian Saga (1929-1934) -- China's Firetrap (1935-1938) -- Dénouement (1938-1945) Summary "Stalin was a master of deception, disinformation, and camouflage, by means of which he gained supremacy over China and defeated imperialism on Chinese soil. This book examines Stalin's covert operations in his hunt for supremacy. By the late 1920s Britain had ceded place to Japan as Stalin's main enemy in Asia. By seducing Japan deeply into China, Stalin successfully turned Japan's aggression into a weapon of its own destruction. The book examines Stalin's covert operations from the murder of the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin in 1928 and the publication of the forged "Tanaka Memorial" in 1929, to Stalin's hidden role in Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the outbreak of all-out war between China and Japan in 1937, and Japan's defeat in 1945. In the shadow of these and other events we find Stalin and his secret operatives, including many Chinese and Japanese collaborators, most notably Zhang Xueliang and Kōmoto Daisaku, the self-professed assassin of Zhang Zuolin. The book challenges accounts of the turbulent history of inter-war East Asia that have ignored or minimized Stalin's presence and instead exposes and analyzes Stalin's secret modus operandi, modernized as "hybrid war" in today's Russia. The book is essential for students and specialists of Stalin, China, the Soviet Union, Japan, and East Asia"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. Zhang, Zuolin, 1875-1928 -- Assassination SUBJECT Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast Zhang, Zuolin, 1875-1928 fast Subject Information warfare -- Soviet Union Hybrid warfare -- Soviet Union Espionage -- Soviet Union Assassination Diplomatic relations Espionage Hybrid warfare Information warfare SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Asia Japan -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union Japan -- Foreign relations -- China China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union China -- Foreign relations -- Japan Subject Asia China Japan Soviet Union Form Electronic book LC no. 2022037880 ISBN 9781003203353 1003203353 9781000832204 1000832201

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