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On Christmas Day 1941 The Japanese Captured Hong Kong, And Britain Lost Control Of Its Chinese Colony For Almost Four Years. The Japanese Occupation Was A Turning Point In The Slow Historical Process By Which The British Were To Be Expelled From The Colony And From Four Centuries Of Influence In East Asia. In This Definitive Account Of The Wartime History Of Hong Kong, Philip Snow Unravels The Dramatic Story Of The Occupation From The Viewpoint Of All The Key Players - The Hong Kong Chinese, The British, The Japanese And The Mainland Chinese - And Reinterprets The Subsequent Evolution Of The Colony In The Light Of This Half-buried Episode.--jacket. 1. A Late Victorian Hill -- Pre-war Hong Kong: The British And Their Subjects -- The Shadow Of Japan -- The Japanese Plan An Invasion -- 'an Outpost To Be Held For As Long As Possible' -- 2. The Debacle -- The Japanese Cross The Border -- Revolt In Kowloon -- Stemming The Tide: British And Nationalists On Hong Kong Island -- The British Give In -- The Flight Of The Admiral -- A Season Of Anarchy: Hong Kong In The Hands Of The 23rd Army -- 3. The World Turned Upside Down -- Yazaki, Isogai And The Case For Benevolence -- Elevating The Asia

Author

Snow, Philip, 1952-

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300093520

Subjects

History, Humanities