碰 CONTENTS 7. Frontline Choices:The Resistance Fighters,Nationalism, and Locality,1931-1932 I89 8, Epilogue:Manchuria in Memory and Myth 225 ABBREVIATIONS 229 NOTES 231 GLOSSARY 263 BIBLIOGRAPHY 267 Acknowledgments INDEX 285 This book began as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Cam- bridge,under the supervision of Hans van de Ven.Over the course of the project,he patiently read multiple drafts,providing meticulous and constructive advice at every stage.Any merit that this book has is due largely to his invaluable advice at every stage.I revised the manuscript during my period as junior lecturer at the Institute for Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford.My gratitude goes to several colleagues,in particular Glen Dudbridge and Frank Pieke,who made the institute such a productive and enjoyable working environment for me.I com- pleted the final draft during my first months as lecturer in history at the University of Warwick,where the company of new colleagues has been a pleasure and a catalyst to completing this project. I am profoundly grateful to a number of individuals who read all or part of the text in various versions and made important suggestions,sav- ing me from numerous errors:Simon Harrison,William Kirby,Stephen Large,Richard Phillips,and Arthur Waldron.Bill Jenner and another outside reader,as well as a reader for the editorial committee of the Uni- versity of California Press,made perceptive comments as the manuscript neared its final stage.Sheila Levine,Cindy Fulton,Bonita Hurd,and Laura Driussi of the University of California Press were endlessly help- ful to a first-time author during the publishing process.Nick Allen;An- thony Coogan;Chen Qianping;Simon Kuper;Sid and Anuradha Maitra;Jaideb,Subhadra,Bobby,and Sujata Mukherjee;Nishimura Shigeo;Laurisa Schutt;Chloe Starr;Kristen Upchurch;Wang Ju;and ix