Mitter also points out the significant strides China made in overturning the unequal treaties and establishing an alliance with the two Western powers. Forgotten Ally highlights the significant role China, and particularly Chiang's armies, played in standing up to Japanese aggression in Shanghai in 1937 and continuing to tie up thousands of imperial troops in Mainland China while Britain and the United States implemented a Europe-first policy. See more press about At Least We Lived here. Mitter argues that China's contributions to the Second World War have been overshadowed by conventional American narratives, such as Barbara Tuchman's Stilwell and American Experience in China, which depict the hardworking "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell doing everything he can to coax a reluctant and corrupt Chiang Kai-shek to fight the Japanese Army. Rana Mitter, author of Forgotten Ally: Chinas World War II, 1937-1945. Rana Mitter's Forgotten Ally is a fresh and nuanced account of China's experiences during World War II. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2013. Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945.
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