01391nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200200007610000170009624500260011326000320013930000140017150008710018565000120105694200120106899900190108095201100109920250721200114.0250721s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780300103731  a940.535125bSNO  aSnow, Philip 4aThe Fall of Hong Kong  bYale University Pressc2003  a530 pages  aThe definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese colony for almost four years, a turning point in the process by which the British were to be expelled from the colony and from East Asia. This book unravels for the first time the dramatic story of the Japanese occupation and reinterprets the subsequent evolution of Hong Kong. "Magnificent. . . . The clarity of mind Snow brings to his labor of storytelling and contextualizing is] amazing."--John Lanchester, Daily Telegraph "Beautifully written, with many telling anecdotes."--Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs "Very good. . . . Provides] a much more nuanced picture than has appeared before in English of life among Hong Kong's different communities before and during the Japanese occupation."--Economist  aHistory  cENGLISH  c576842d576842  00104070aACLbACLc7Bd2025-07-21l0o940.535125 SNOp123504r2025-07-21 20:01:14w2025-07-21yENGLISH