London, United Kingdom: Profile Books Ltd, 1998 Near Fine Copy in Near Fine unclipped D/J. Coloured end papers are free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates. Appears unread

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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: Balfour Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013525
Title: Secret War in Shanghai
Author: Wasserstein, Bernard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1861970919
ISBN 13: 9781861970916
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1998
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: SECRET WAR IN SHANGHAI BERNARD WASSERSTEIN 1998 PROFILE BOOKS

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