{"product_id":"blood-dawn-world-war-ii-and-the-making-of-modern-asia-hardcover","title":"Blood Dawn: World War II and the Making of Modern Asia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Van de Ven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA momentous new history of Asia's Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading for understanding Asia's present.\" --Richard Overy, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on deep archival research across continents, historian Hans van de Ven tells the dramatic story of how Asia's people mobilized to defeat both Japanese aggression and European imperialism, forging modern Asia in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the early twentieth century, from India to China, Western imperial powers dominated Asia. Then, in the 1930s, Japan began to tear down this old order in pursuit of its own imperial ambitions--first by invading China, and then by launching its assault against British, Dutch, and American outposts across Asia and the Pacific in December 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Japanese forces seized vast swaths of territory and pressed toward India, the brutal fighting cost millions of lives across the continent. Simultaneously, the war's chaos and suffering supercharged anti-colonial movements from British India to Dutch Indonesia. Ultimately, it was the charismatic leaders of these movements--Mao, Nehru, Sukarno--who built the new Asia of independent nation-states that emerged in the war's bloody wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Dawn \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful new perspective, revealing how Asia's Second World War was absolutely central in creating the postwar order.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans van de Ven\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of modern Chinese history at Cambridge University and a visiting chair professor in history at Peking University. He is the author or editor of ten previous books on Chinese history and the history of warfare. A fellow of the British Academy, he lives in Meldreth, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184735342636,"sku":"9781541620452","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/UrNDchMuPw9781541620452.webp?v=1789609838","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/blood-dawn-world-war-ii-and-the-making-of-modern-asia-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}