books.google.ca - During the War of Resistance to Japan from 1937 to 1945, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) grew from a marginalized political force on the geographical periphery of Chinese society to a position of national leadership. Explaining this transformation has long been a major point of contestation among scholars....http://books.google.ca/books/about/North_China_at_War.html?id=ib-sEZzxkb4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareNorth China at War