Secret War in Shanghai
An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue, and Treason in World War II
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Word Count
88,500 words, Guess
Page Count
354 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7469072M
- ISBN-139780395985373
- ISBN-100395985374
- OCLC Control Number41503389
- OCLC Control Numbersecretwarinshang00bern
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99034411
- Goodreads1428815
- LibraryThing208593
Classifications
- LCCD810.S8 W37 1999
- LCCD810.S7 W38 1998
Description
"Shanghai during World War II was a killing field of brutal competition, ideological struggle, and murderous political intrigue." "Secret War in Shanghai is the first book-length account of the little-known story of Shanghai's underground war. Bernard Wasserstein has researched if entirely from original sources and uncovered startling new evidence of collaboration and treason by American, British, and Australian citizens."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
On the night of 7 July 1937 Japanese soldiers staged a provocative incident at the Lukouchiao (Marco Polo) bridge near the old imperial capital of Peking - or Peiping as it was known at the time.
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