This study unravels some of the complex origins of the postwar upheavals in Asia.

Acknowledgments; Note on romanization; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The making of an alliance; 2. The issue of postwar Japan; 3. China's lost territories; 4. Korea's independence; 5. The road to Cairo; 6. A divisive summit; 7. Yan'an and postwar East Asia; 8. Diplomacy without action; 9. Erosion of a partnership; 10. The Manchurian triangle; 11. Bargaining at Moscow; 12. Epilogue: the crisis of peace; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.