Author: Rana Mitter

A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investiga...

China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Ran...

A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year“Insightful…a deft, textured work of intellectual history.”—Foreign Affairs“A timely ...

Winner of the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World...