In 1937, Japan blundered into a debilitating war with China, beginning with a minor incident near Peking (now Beijing) that quickly escalated.
The Japanese won significant battles and captured the capital, Nanking, after a horrific massacre of its citizens.
Chiang Kai-shek, China's acknowledged leader, would not surrender--each side believed it could win a war of attrition.
The U.
sided with China, primarily because of President Roosevelt's personal bias in their favor.
Drawing on a wealth of.
Mcfarland & Company The china incident: igniting the second sino-japanese war, paperback/g. william whitehurst
