中国抗日战争史简明读本编写组编著的《中国抗日战争史简明读本(英文版)(精)》全面回顾了自1931年九一八事变到1945年日本宣布投降14年间，中国抗击日本侵略的艰难曲折的战争历史。14年抗日战争是一个整体，前6年局部抗战主要发生在东北、华北及上海等地区，是整个抗日战争的先声和重要组成部分；后8年的全面抗战是局部战争的延伸和发展，也是最终战胜日本侵略者的决战。该书立足于记述真实历史，对国民党军队前期在正面战场的浴血奋战，抗日民族统一战线形成后中国正面和敌后两个战场的战略配合，敌后战场逐步成为全国抗日主战场等重大历史问题作了实事求是的历史还原。

Intro duction

 Ⅰ.Fourteen Years of Resistance

 Ⅱ.A National Turning Point: from Decline to Rejuvenation

 Ⅲ.The Main Eastern Battlefield in the Global War against Fasasm

 Ⅳ.The Mainstay of Chinese United Resistance

Chapter One Japan Invades and China's Regional Resistance Starts the Global War against Fascism

 Ⅰ.Militarism and the Eastern Hotbed of War Develop in Japan

 Ⅱ.Japan Manufactures the September 18th Incident,

Starting Its Regional Aggression against China

1.The September 18th Incident and the occupation of northeast China

2.Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance and British and US non-interference

3.The puppet state of Manchukuo and Japanese colonial rule

 Ⅲ. Regional Resistance Begins

1.The CPC 's call for resistance against Japanese aggression

2.The birth of a nationwide resistance movement

3.Armed struggle in northeast Chlna

4.The lanuary 28th Incident and the Battle of Shanghai

Chapter Two Regional Resistance Develops and the Chinese United Front against Japanese Aggression Begins to Take Shape

 I.Japanese Aggression Escalates and

Regional Resistance Develops

1.The fall of Rehe and the Battle of the Great Wall

2.The defense of Chahar

3.The defense of Suiyuan

 Ⅱ.Japan Engineers the "North China Incident" and

the Resistance Movement Reaches New Heights

1.The "North China Incident" and the Chinese nation in

greater crisis

2.The December 9th Movement and the growth of the

nationwide resistance movement

3.The CPC "s basic policy on the Chinese united front

 Ⅲ.In Northeast China Backstage Battlefields Take Shape and

Counter-Japanese Guerrilla Warfare Reaches a High

IV.KMT-CPC Cooperation Begins to Form and China Prepares

for Nationwide Resistance

1.The KMT's adjustment to its Japan policy and the CPC's

decision to press Chiang Kai-shek to resist

2.The Xi'an Incident and its peaceful resolution

3.The initial formation of the Chinese united front

4.Preparations for nationwide resistance

Chapter Three Japan Launches Full-Scale Aggression and China Responds with Nationwide Resistance, Becoming the Main Eastern Battlefield in the Global War against Fasasm

Chapter Four Coordination Develops between Center Stage and Backstage Battlefields, and the Japanese Fascists' Attempt at a Quick Victory Is Shattered

Chapter Five The Chinese Resistance Reaches a High and China Receives Support from the International Community

Chapter Six China Continues to Fight Alone and the Backstage Battlefields Become the Main Battleground in the Nationwide War of Resistance

Chapter Seven Chinese Soldiers and Civilians Fight on and China

Continues to Be the Main Eastern Battlefield in the Global War against Fascism

Concluding Remarks

Afterword