A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 - Ronald H. Spector - Ronald H. Spector

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The end of World War II led to the United States\' emergence as a global superpower.
Far from being simply offshoots of the Cold War, as they have often been portrayed, these shockingly violent conflicts forever changed the shape of Asia, and the world as we know it today..
Spector draws on letters, diaries, and international archives to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive events.
With A Continent Erupts , acclaimed military historian Ronald H.
Within a decade after the Japanese surrender, almost all of the countries of South, East, and Southeast Asia that had formerly been conquests of the Japanese or colonies of the European powers experienced wars and upheavals that resulted in the deaths of at least 2.5 million combatants and millions of civilians.
By early 1947, full-scale wars were raging in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam, with growing guerrilla conflicts in Korea and Malaya.
Missouri , Civil war, communal clashes, and insurgency engulfed the continent, from Southeast Asia to the Soviet border.
Within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the U.
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East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe.
Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaya--the fighting never really stopped, as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with all-too-violent consequences.
For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled the long peace.
The end of World War II led to the United States\' emergence as a global superpower