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Review title: Especially recommended for China scholars
Product review: The definitive account in English of the near war on the Manchuria/Mongolia frontier in 1939. The account is drawn primarily from Japanese sources and thus provides a full view of the chaos of battle from that perspective. The Soviet side is made to seem perhaps too orderly and well controlled by the very lack of detailed information. The strength of the Soviet command, particularly Marshall Zhukov, is also somewhat glossed over. These are, however, minor objections to what is an excellently organized presentation of a very complex set of events.Why should anyone care? The aims and methods of the Kwantung Army are extensively documented, a matter of major importance for any study of China. The policies of both the Guomindang and the Gongchandang are much easier to understand after reading this book.
