Name Rana Mitter Role Historian | ||
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Thesis The Japanese occupation of Manchuria (1996) Books Forgotten Ally: China's, China's War with Japan - 19, Modern China: A Very Shor, A bitter revolution, The Manchurian myth Similar People Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Philip Dodd, Matthew Sweet, Anne McElvoy, Odd Arne Westad | ||
Professor rana mitter china s wartime history and contemporary east asia
Rana Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter FBA (born 1969) is a British historian and political scientist of Indian origin who specialises in the history of republican China. He is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, Deutsche Bank Director of the Dickson Poon China Centre, and a Fellow and Vice-Master of St Cross College. His 2013 book China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival (titled Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan, 1937-45 for publication in the US), about the Second Sino-Japanese War, was well received by critics.
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- Professor rana mitter china s wartime history and contemporary east asia
- China s forgotten war an introduction from professor rana mitter
- References
He is also a regular presenter for Night Waves (now known as "Free Thinking") on BBC Radio 3.
On 16 July 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).