In the Ruins of Empire - The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia.

Ronald H Spector

ISBN 10: 0375509151 / ISBN 13: 9780375509155

Published by Random House, "Book Club Edition", NY, 2007

About this Item

||| Printed and made in the USA and an American text - the words "Book Club Edition" on the copyright page and apparently otherwise identical to the regular first edition, 382 pages (xx, 362) plus 16 half-tone plates, bibliography, index; publisher's black cloth, gilt-blocked titles on the spine. ||| CONDITION: Very Good, without writing or other marks of previous ownership (Fine - apart from light bumping to both loer corners); pristine dust-wrapper. My pictures always show the actual book ||| SHIPPING: UK Second-Class postage is free.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Ruins of Empire - The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia.
• Publisher: Random House, "Book Club Edition", NY
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0375509151
• ISBN 13: 9780375509155
• Binding: Hardback
• Seller catalogs:
  • History, British and Foreign, Ancient to Modern.
  • Naval, Military and Aviation

About this title

Synopsis

Looks at how the end of the war in the Pacific theater of World War II led to all new conflicts and power struggles among the Asian people of the former Japanese empire, analyzing the implications of these battles between political rivals, ethnic groups, nationalist factions, and others in the wake of the war. 35,000 first printing.

About the Author

Ronald H. Spector is a professor of history and international relations at George Washington University. He was a distinguished professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington, D.C., and a guest professor at Kyoto University at Tokyo. Spector served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and is the author of six books, including Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan, a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He and his wife live in Annandale, Virginia.