| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 107.1

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Rana Mitter. The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2000. Pp. xi, 295. $45.00.

In this well-researched and cleverly crafted book, Rana Mitter offers us a detailed account of the events occurring immediately after the Manchurian Incident of September 18, 1931, an important event in the history of modern China and the Sino-Japanese relationship. This incident not only marked the initial step of Japan's military aggression against China but also redirected the course of Chinese politics: having recently unified China by defeating the warlords on both military and monetary terms, the Kuomintang (KMT) under Chiang Kai-shek's leadership was distracted from its campaign against the Communists. In studying the incident and its impact on the future development of Chinese history, many scholars, especially those in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), have pointed out that Chiang's "non-resistance policy" after the incident cost him popularity and contributed to his ultimate defeat by the Communists in 1949. The Manchurian Incident triggered a strong tidal wave of Chinese nationalism. Chiang, however, stood in its way. . . .

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