The intricacies of the far eastern situation through a firsthand account, continuing the author's Red Star Over China.

Maps on lining-papers.

Good-bye, Peking: --Fugitives -- A gentleman and a radical -- Seven-seven -- Northern front -- Shanghai encore: -- The invading Army -- Notes on the defense -- Memoir of a battle -- Greater than God -- Japan "Eradicates Communism": -- Education for homicide -- How to win friends -- Leaderless Shanghai -- In the wake of war -- That man alley -- The birth of Indusco -- Southern front: -- Excursion in politics -- The generalissimo -- Disputed legacy -- The "Lost" Red Army -- The People's Army -- Interlude in Hongkong -- The dragon licks his wounds: -- Moonlight and bombs -- Foundation of Free China -- Poverty of production -- The Chinese main forces -- China's Japanese allies -- China's Indusco line: -- Odyssey of an idea -- The Kuomintang and the bureaucracy -- Chengtu and the road there -- Chinese Acadians -- Tomorrow's hope? -- Return to the northwest: -- Rip tide in China -- The border governments -- Rainy journey -- Reunion in Yeman -- College of Amazons -- How red is Red?: -- The Red Prophet -- Chinese Reds and Soviet strategy -- Red star over Turkistan? -- Lessons from a magistrate -- Experiment in democracy -- Behind enemy lines: -- Guerrilla industry -- The Eighth Route Army -- Guerrilla combat efficiency -- Unity or destruction? -- Empire or democracy?: -- The promise of Free China -- Japan's changes -- Whom the Gods would destroy -- The paths before us -- Things that could happen.