ISBN10: 0520219929, ISBN13: 9780520219922, [publisher: University of California Press] Hardcover University of California Press Historical & Reference Books (University of California Press) New Fourth Army - Communist Resistance Along the Yangtze and the Huai, 1938-1941 (NM) (dust jacket VG+)Manufacturer: University of California PressProduct Line: Historical & Reference Books (University of California Press)Type: HardcoverCopyright Date: 1999Author: Gregor BentonPage Count: 972Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is NM - dust jacket VG+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:In his prizewinning Mountain Fires: The Red Army's Three-Year War in South China, 1934-1938, Gregor Benton traced the fate of the Communist rear guard that stayed behind when the Red Army set off on the Long March. After three bloody years, the survivors regrouped as the New Fourth Army, which later helped to drive the Nationalists from the mainland. In this sequel to Mountain Fires, Benton describes the first three years of this army, and its triangular war with the Nationalists and the Japanese. Like the Three-Year War from which it stemmed, the New Fourth Army was for many years neglected by historians, mainly because of the absence from ...