A gathering darkness: the coming of war to the Far East and the Pacific, 1921-1942

Japan the Taliban, 1921-1941

Manchuria, inner Mongolia, and northern China and the end of internationalism, 1931-1937

The war in northern and central China

The war in China after 1938 and the decision for war in the Pacific, 1939-1941

The Pacific war unleashed, the initial Japanese attacks

The Japanese victory

The Japanese dilemma.