BOOKS
Secret war in Shanghai /

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,


Title Details
  • Secret war in Shanghai /
Publishers
  • Boston :Houghton Mifflin,1999.
Descriptions
  • xiv, 354 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm.
Isbn
    0395985374
Language
    English
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Shanghai.
  • Shanghai (China) -- History.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Shanghai (China)
Location MEMORARE
Item Call Number D 810 .S8 W37 1999
Status Item withdrawn
Library Of Congress Control Number
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 0395985374
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 810 .S8
  • Item number - W37 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 940.54/8751
  • Edition number - 21
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Wasserstein, Bernard.
Title Statement
  • Title - Secret war in Shanghai /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Bernard Wasserstein.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Boston :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Houghton Mifflin,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1999.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xiv, 354 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill., maps ;
  • Dimensions - 24 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - Originally published: London : Profile Books, 1998.
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-342) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Solitary Island -- Bad hats -- Phony war in the international settlement -- Waiting for the Barbarians -- Dark world -- Oriental mission -- Eagles Mew'd -- Collaborators -- Shanghailanders in exile -- Wars within wars -- Endgames -- Twilight of Old Shanghai
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "...the first book-length account of the little-known story of Shanghai's underground war. The widely respected historian Bernard Wasserstein has researched it entirely from original sources and uncovered startling new evidence of collaboration and treason by American, British, and Australian citizens. This remarkable depiction of complicity and betrayal is history at its most exciting and surprising."
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Secret service.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Shanghai.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Shanghai (China)
  • General subdivision - History.