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 War II against Fascism and the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Reflecting on the war half a century ago, people around the world united closely, fighting an indomitable 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 reflect on 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 development of the world today. This book interprets the Far Eastern War through a cinematic lens, presenting a panoramic view of the bloody battle that took place on the land of the Far East. The switching of scenes, the transformation of characters, and the interplay of war and peace happen in an instant. Open your eyes, and you will witness the epic grandeur and sorrow, the cruelty that has frozen flesh and blood, and the desperate longing for life. Authentic history requires the support of human spiritual character. The author, with courage, insight, and a natural, profound, sharp, and towering honesty, delves into the raw state of the Far Eastern 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 the boundless essence, original color, and original meaning of the anti-war struggles in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, 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 irredeemable disasters, sorrows, desolation, and truth. Ten years of labor and contemplation, sifting through the vast and long-preserved historical records, have honed this work. It sets aside all biases of nation, ethnicity, party, religion, race, and culture, clinging only to the ultimate truth and a compassionate heart. Readers will witness how the high commanders of the Far Eastern War planned and won victories, how officers and soldiers fought bravely and died in the wilderness, with bones covering the plains; they will see how national leaders were swept up in the whirlwind of war, who supported and supplied the war groups that claimed supremacy in the Far East, and how tens of millions of common people were unjustly, brutally, and excessively killed. Over one hundred historical figures are vividly brought to life with intense realism, including high-level decision-makers on the Far Eastern 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, Juichiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Hideki Okamura, as well as ordinary anti-war soldiers such as Robert Short, an American pilot who sacrificed in the Chinese theater; Jose Santos, a Filipino judge who refused to cooperate with the Japanese to the death; the mother and daughter Khatish from Malaya; Subairiedi, an Indonesian anti-war hero; Simon, a U.S. Army general who died in the Okinawa landing battle; Yun Fong-gi, a resolute Korean anti-war fighter; and Lin Mou-sheng, a brave and wise member of the "136th Brigade." The book vividly portrays the soldiers of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang, such as Peng Dehuai, Zhu Guangqian, Yang Jingyu, Chen Ruoke, Zhao Chongde, Zhao Yiman, Zhang Zichong, Li Jiayu, Qi Xueqi, Li Zongren, and Ye Zixiang. It also provides a light yet profound analysis of Japan, from the emperor Hirohito to the common people. The book blends history and literature, presenting the Far Eastern War with epic grandeur, depth, and boundless freedom, revealing it in a way never seen before. This makes history, restored to its true form, possess the quality and significance of fossils and bas-reliefs, leaving readers in awe and moved with a myriad of emotions. Authentic history requires the support of human spiritual character. The author, with courage, insight, and a natural, profound, sharp, and towering honesty, delves into the raw state of the Far Eastern 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 the boundless essence, original color, and original meaning of the anti-war struggles in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, 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 irredeemable disasters, sorrows, desolation, and truth. Ten years of labor and contemplation, sifting through the vast and long-preserved historical records, have honed this work. It sets aside all biases of nation, ethnicity, party, religion, race, and culture, clinging only to the ultimate truth and a compassionate heart. Readers will witness how the high commanders of the Far Eastern War planned and won victories, how officers and soldiers fought bravely and died in the wilderness, with bones covering the plains; they will see how national leaders were swept up in the whirlwind of war, who supported and supplied the war groups that claimed supremacy in the Far East, and how tens of millions of common people were unjustly, brutally, and excessively killed. Over one hundred historical figures are vividly brought to life with intense realism, including high-level decision-makers on the Far Eastern 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, Juichiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Hideki Okamura, as well as ordinary anti-war soldiers such as Robert Short, an American pilot who sacrificed in the Chinese theater; Jose Santos, a Filipino judge who refused to cooperate with the Japanese to the death; the mother and daughter Khatish from Malaya; Subairiedi, an Indonesian anti-war hero; Simon, a U.S. Army general who died in the Okinawa landing battle; Yun Fong-gi, a resolute Korean anti-war fighter; and Lin Mou-sheng, a brave and wise member of the "136th Brigade." The book vividly portrays the soldiers of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang, such as Peng Dehuai, Zhu Guangqian, Yang Jingyu, Chen Ruoke, Zhao Chongde, Zhao Yiman, Zhang Zichong, Li Jiayu, Qi Xueqi, Li Zongren, and Ye Zixiang. It also provides a light yet profound analysis of Japan, from the emperor Hirohito to the common people. The book blends history and literature, presenting the Far Eastern War with epic grandeur, depth, and boundless freedom.