Description: Inside Asia, John Gunther, 1939, Harper & Bros. - Note: 1939 was a time of critical alliances in Asia, with Germany, Russia, and Japan full of mutual mistrust, and attempting to neutralize their respective enemies. The major battle on the Manchurian-Mongolian frontier between Japan and Russia left Japan crippled, but seething for revenge. Russia wanted at all costs to avoid simultaneous wars with Germany and Japan. And Germany had to avoid simultaneous wars with the Allies in the West and Russia in the East. The non-aggression pact between Germany and Japan was short-lived....soon broken by sly Germany. This is the scene detailed by John Gunther, a skilled "on the spot" interviewer and reporter, who traveled thousands of miles witnessing and interviewing. Highly readable and entertaining, he also made some predictions about the future of this young WW II...some were accurate and some were wide misses. But that is not all....Gunther introduces the reader to the cultures, peoples and leaders of all of the major Asian powers, China, India, Japan, and even the mid-East, and we gain understanding of how they are aligning in the WW II war machine. This book, and Gunther's Inside Europe are simply without equal. 6 x 9 inches; 600 pages. - includes a fold-out map, with labels detailing the process of war. - "highly readable ... eye-witness history from a master reporter." Condition:Very Good Condition for this vintage book on current Asia. Cloth fabric cover shows just slight fading, and maybe a bit of dust soiling. No owner name inside. Binding/hinges are tight/strong. No apparent age-tanning to paper. Interior shows almost no sign of wear. No DJ, but book looks and feels nice under OPP poly slip-on protective sleeve.
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