Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With One Quarter Black Cloth Over Black Paper. The Upper Back Corner Is Bumped. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear.

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Shanghai during World War II was a killing field of brutal competition, ideological struggle, and murderous political intrigue. China's largest and most cosmopolitan city, the intelligence capital of the Far East, was a magnet for a corrupt and bizarrely colorful group of men and women drawn to the "Paris of the East" for its seductive promise of high living and easy money. Political and sexual loyalties were for sale to the highest bidder. Allied and Axis agents, criminal gangs, and paramilitary units under various flags waged secret, savage warfare. Espionage, lurid vice, subversion, and crime came together in a lethal concoction. Nowhere on earth was the twilight zone between politics and criminality better exemplified than in this glittering and dangerous place. Secret War in Shanghai is the first book-length account of the little-known story of Shanghai in the war years. The widely respected historian Bernard Wasserstein has researched it entirely from original sources and uncovered startling new evidence of collaboration and treason by American, British, and Australian nationals. This remarkable depiction of complicity and betrayal is history at its most exciting and surprising.

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Bookseller: Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 042403
Title: Secret War in Shanghai
Author: Wasserstein, Bernard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0395985374
ISBN 13: 9780395985373
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
Pages: 354
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: World War, 1939-1945 - Secret Service; World War, 1939-1945 - China - Shanghai; Shanghai (China) - History; Secret Service. World War II, China

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