01581nam a2200253Ia 4500 CTU_116850 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 94.94 940.351 G978 Guoqi, Xu China and the Great War : China's pursuit of a new national identity and internationalization Xu Guoqi Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2004 China's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This book is the first full-length study of China’s involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using largely unknown archival materials from China, France, Germany, UK, and USA. It explains why China wanted to join the war and what were its contributions to the war effort and the emerging world order in the postwar period. The book also demonstrates that China's participation in the First World War was not only a defining moment in modern Chinese and world history, but also the beginning of China's long journey toward internationalization. In this groundbreaking and provocative book, Professor Xu adds a new dimension to our collective memory of the war, its tragedy and its significance, and restores the China war memory into its rightful place. China,World war, 1914-1918,National characteristics, chinese Foreign relations 20th century China Minh Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ