A Continent Erupts Audiobook Libro.fm

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The end of World War II led to the United States emergence as a global superpower For Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled the long peace Yet half a world away in China Indonesia Vietnam Korea and Malayathe fighting never really stopped as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with alltooviolent consequences

East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe Within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri civil war communal clashes and insurgency engulfed the continent from Southeast Asia to the Soviet border By early 1947 fullscale wars were raging in China Indonesia and Vietnam Within a decade after the Japanese surrender almost all of the countries of South East and Southeast Asia that had formerly been conquests of the Japanese or colonies of the European powers experienced wars and upheavals that resulted in the deaths of at least 25 million combatants and millions of civilians

With A Continent Erupts acclaimed military historian Ronald H Spector draws on letters diaries and international archives to provide a comprehensive military history and analysis of these littleknown but decisive events