Michael M. Walker is Special Projects Docent at the state-sponsored Idaho Military History Museum in Boise. A retired Marine colonel, he commanded the 3rd Civil Affairs Group in Iraq and served in many capacities in the infantry and intelligence, including as an intelligence officer with Marine Forces Pacific G-2, Joint Chiefs of Staff J-2 and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"Riveting. Walker marshals a wide array of first-hand sources to
demonstrate the military significance of the war. . . . [He] takes
us deep into the diplomatic wrangling surrounding the war, from
Mukden's raid on the Russian consulate to Stalin's opting to
continue the war instead of accepting conditional Chinese
subservience."--H-Net Reviews"Walker's book is essential reading.
He gives this important subject the necessary attention it
deserves."--Journal of Military History"Walker provides an
insightful analysis of a widely overlooked international conflict.
His book transcends the limits of political or military history,
elegantly uniting the two in one concisely written
manuscript."--War in History"Walker has filled a long-standing gap
in modern, pre-communist Chinese history with his impressive work
on the 1929 War between a China emerging from its Warlord Era, and
a Soviet Union emerging from its Bolshevik consolidation of the
former Russia Empire."--New York Military Affairs Symposium
Review
"This unprecedented, credible, and interesting study of the
twentieth century's most obscure war highlights the complexity
inherent in the prolonged struggle for political dominance in
northeastern Asia." --David M. Glantz, author of The Stalingrad
Trilogy"In telling the story of the Sino-Soviet conflict, Walker
takes a wide-ranging approach that encompasses international
politics of the region between China, Japan, and the USSR while
simultaneously providing a wealth of detail on the domestic
politics affecting decision-making. The military aspects of the war
are equally thoroughly documented from the quality of leadership,
to the tactics and technology that determined the outcome. This
work will be the standard for a long time to come."--Roger R.
Reese, author of Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought: The Red Army's
Military Effectiveness in World War II"Long overlooked as
inconsequential, the 1929 Sino-Soviet War in fact had profound
implications for China, Japan, the Soviet Union and the
international order in East Asia. Drawing upon trends in
international and world history, Michael M. Walker breathes new
life into the study of this war, offering a fluid narrative and
detailed analysis of the political, military, and diplomatic
aspects of the conflict. In doing so, he reveals the complexity and
consequence of 'the war nobody knew.'"--Peter Worthing, author of
General He Yingqin: The Rise and Fall of Nationalist China"The 1929
Sino-Soviet war over control of the Chinese Eastern Railway in
Manchuria is perhaps the least studied 20th century conflict even
while being one of the most important. As detailed by Michael
Walker in his ground-breaking monograph, one immediate result of
China's defeat was Japan's 1931 invasion of Manchuria, and its
creation the next year of the Manchukuo puppet state, widely seen
as the opening salvo in the Pacific War."--Bruce Elleman, William
V. Pratt Professor of International History US Naval War College
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