Explaining the limited attention given to China's participation in World War II, especially the region south of the Yangtzee River, Macri (POW/MIA Accounting Command, Hickam AFB, Hawaii) notes and corrects the general under-estimation of the region's global significance. In this volume of the publisher's "Modern War Studies" series, his study looks closely at the years 1935 through 1941 and early 1942, beginning with preparations for war in South China and the Sino-Japanese War, through stalemate, Japan's failed interdiction strategy against Hong Kong, a rise of collective security, the war in South China, and a reversion to insecurity with the demise of imperial power in Asia. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)