1 volume in-8, 377 pp., hardback, flat spine, light grey printed covers, margin notes and quotes underlined in some pages, library documents on end pages, two stamps on the title page, enriched with 5 plates, 7 maps and 13 tables, fair condition.
Contents: List of illustrations - Acknowledgements - Conventions - Introduction - Stilwell revisited - Raising the National Revolutionary Army - Cultures of violence during the Northern Expedition (1926-8) - Nationalism and military reforn during the Nanjing Decade (1928-37) - A forward policy in the north - The War of Resistance before Japan's Southern Advance - Wartime mobilisation - Conclusion - Notes Bibliography - Index.