RED STAR VERSUS RISING SUN: Volume 1: The Conquest of Manchuria 1931-1938

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Examines the origins of the rapidly modernizing Imperial Japanese Army and its expansion largely unfettered by civilian political constraints, into mainland Asia from the late 19th century up until 1938. It examines the culture, structure, and equipment of the IJA and its campaigns in warlord-era China along with an overview of the purge-ravaged Red Army of the same period.

The volume culminates in a detailed description of the major clash of the Soviet and Japanese armies at Lake Khasan in 1938. It includes a range of specially commissioned color illustrations of the men, AFVs, artillery pieces, and aircraft that fought at Lake Khasan in 1938.