The Reluctant Combatant

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WAR
I. The Second Sino-Japanese War and world history
II. Aggressive wars not considered crimes
III. Japan: victim of circumstance

CHAPTER 1: EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR
I. Japan and China join European-oriented international order
II. Russo-Japanese War spawns a new conflict
III. Tension between Japan and China heightens

CHAPTER 2: CHINA AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR
I. Behind the groundswell of support for war against Japan
II. From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to full-blown war

CHAPTER 3: JAPAN AND THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR
I. Japanâs response to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War
II. Initial peace overtures
III. The war in the context of international politics

CHAPTER 4: THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND CHINESE SOCIETY
I. Who fought in the war?
II. Recruitment of soldiers in China

CHAPTER 5: WAR DYNAMICS ALTER CHINESE SOCIETY
I. The effect of Japanese occupation
II. Establishment of pro-Japan governments

CHAPTER 6: FROM THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR TO THE PACIFIC WAR
I. Japanese governmentâs efforts to negotiate peace with Nationalist government
II. The road to the Pacific War

CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF HISTORY
I. Chinese views about crimes and punishment
II. Confucian ethics encourage lying: the bihui syndrome

AFTERWORD

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