Far East War. Volume 3

Author: Luo Xianming
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist War and the victory of the Chinese Resistance War against Japanese Aggression. Reflecting on the war half a century ago, people around the world united closely, fighting an unwavering and heroic struggle for the dreams of freedom and peace. As the ancient saying goes, "Learn from history to enlighten the future." In today's complex international landscape, we should even more deeply revisit the history that has left an indelible mark on our Chinese nation, so that people can profoundly recognize that autocracy and war can only bring disaster to humanity, while freedom and peace are the themes of the world's development today. This book interprets the Far East War through a cinematic lens, presenting a panoramic view of the bloody battle that took place in the Far East. The switching of scenes, the shifting of characters, and the contrast between war and peace all happen in an instant. Open your eyes, and you will witness the epic grandeur and sorrow, the cruelty that froze flesh and blood, and the desperate longing for life. Authentic history requires the support of human spiritual integrity. The author, with courage, insight, and a natural, profound, sharp, and towering honesty, delves into the raw state of the Far East War—its turbulence, its tragedy, and its hidden depths—with natural force, insight, and structural power, reaching as far as the inhumane and brutal storm from June 1927 to September 1945; the earth-shaking rhythms and boundless essence, original color, and original meaning of the anti-Japanese struggles in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, North Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Vietnam; the crimson history of the rise, development, and fall of Japanese militarism; and the myriad forms of irreparable disasters, sorrows, desolation, and truth. Ten years of labor and contemplation, sifting through the vast and long-preserved historical records, refining and completing the work. The book sets aside all biases of nation, ethnicity, party, religion, race, and culture, clinging only to the ultimate truth and compassion. Readers will see firsthand how the high commanders of the Far East War planned and won victories, how officers and soldiers fought bravely in the wilderness, with bones covering the plains; they will gain insight into how national leaders were swept up in the whirlwind of war, who supported and funded the war groups that claimed supremacy in the Far East, and how tens of millions of common people were unjustly, cruelly, and indiscriminately killed. Over one hundred historical figures are vividly portrayed with strong realism, including high-level decision-makers on the Far East battlefield such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek, Chester Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Joseph Stilwell, Soong Mei-ling, Hideki Tojo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Tomoyuki Kimura, as well as ordinary anti-Japanese soldiers such as Robert Short, an American pilot who sacrificed in the Chinese theater; Jose Rizal, a Filipino judge who refused to cooperate with the Japanese until the end; Khatijah and her daughter, Malay anti-Japanese martyrs; Supriyadi, an Indonesian anti-Japanese martyr; Simon BAKNAR, a U.S. Army general who died in the Okinawa landing battle; Yun Bong-gil, a resolute Korean anti-Japanese fighter; and Lin Mou-sheng, a brave and resourceful martyr of the "136th Unit." The book vividly depicts the soldiers of the Communist and Kuomintang parties of China, such as Peng Dehuai, Zhu Guangqian, Yang Jingyu, Chen Ruoke, Zhao Chongde, Zhao Yiman, Zhang Zichong, Li Jiayu, Qi Xueqi, Li Zongren, and Ye Yuching. The book also provides a light yet profound analysis of Japan, from the emperor Hirohito to ordinary citizens. The entire work blends history and literature, presenting the Far East War in an epic grandeur, depth, and boundless freedom, showcasing it in a way never seen before. This makes history, restored to its true form, possess the quality and significance of fossils and reliefs, leaving readers in awe and deeply moved. Authentic history requires the support of human spiritual integrity. The author, with courage, insight, and a natural, profound, sharp, and towering honesty, delves into the raw state of the Far East War—its turbulence, its tragedy, and its hidden depths—with natural force, insight, and structural power, reaching as far as the inhumane and brutal storm from June 1927 to September 1945; the earth-shaking rhythms and boundless essence, original color, and original meaning of the anti-Japanese struggles in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, North Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Vietnam; the crimson history of the rise, development, and fall of Japanese militarism; and the myriad forms of irreparable disasters, sorrows, desolation, and truth. Ten years of labor and contemplation, sifting through the vast and long-preserved historical records, refining and completing the work. The book sets aside all biases of nation, ethnicity, party, religion, race, and culture, clinging only to the ultimate truth and compassion. Readers will see firsthand how the high commanders of the Far East War planned and won victories, how officers and soldiers fought bravely in the wilderness, with bones covering the plains; they will gain insight into how national leaders were swept up in the whirlwind of war, who supported and funded the war groups that claimed supremacy in the Far East, and how tens of millions of common people were unjustly, cruelly, and indiscriminately killed. Over one hundred historical figures are vividly portrayed with strong realism, including high-level decision-makers on the Far East battlefield such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek, Chester Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Joseph Stilwell, Soong Mei-ling, Hideki Tojo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Tomoyuki Kimura, as well as ordinary anti-Japanese soldiers such as Robert Short, an American pilot who sacrificed in the Chinese theater; Jose Rizal, a Filipino judge who refused to cooperate with the Japanese until the end; Khatijah and her daughter, Malay anti-Japanese martyrs; Supriyadi, an Indonesian anti-Japanese martyr; Simon BAKNAR, a U.S. Army general who died in the Okinawa landing battle; Yun Bong-gil, a resolute Korean anti-Japanese fighter; and Lin Mou-sheng, a brave and resourceful martyr of the "136th Unit." The book vividly depicts the soldiers of the Communist and Kuomintang parties of China, such as Peng Dehuai, Zhu Guangqian, Yang Jingyu, Chen Ruoke, Zhao Chongde, Zhao Yiman, Zhang Zichong, Li Jiayu, Qi Xueqi, Li Zongren, and Ye Yuching. The book also provides a light yet profound analysis of Japan, from the emperor Hirohito to ordinary citizens.