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

by Ronald H. Spector

Book Overview

The end of World War II led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace." 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393254658
• ISBN13: 9780393254655
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"