The second part of British Newspaper correspondent James Bertram's eye-witness accounts of the events in China, "North China Front" starts with the author's social and political observations during his summer-stay in pre-war Tokyo in 1937. On the eve of the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" James bertram leaves Tokyo for the mainland of China bringing the reader to the Foreign Legation Quarter in Peiping (Beijing). From the legation quarter the author and reader become eye-witness to the "Lukouchiao (Marco Polo Bridge) Incident", the opening fase of open Chinese-Japanese War and subsequent fall of the ancient Imperial Capital. From here we travel with events and the author on his return to Sian (see-First Act in China) and his way to the Chinese Communist Armies fighting Japan from their headquarters at Yenan in Shansi. A volumous book equally?filled with sharp on the spot political analysis as well as legendary names, North China Front features James Bertram's usual lively writing style and soothing description of scenery and social situations in 1930's China. Appearances of other authors such as Agnes Smedley, Evans Carlson and J. Edgar Snow line the book. Lengthy interviews and Friendships with early revolutionaries as Chu Teh, Zhou Enlai, Ho Lung and most notably Chairman Mao Tse Tung make for a unique first-hand account of early revolutionary events in China. James Bertram's China experiences are concluded in "Return to China".

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ISBN:	7-119-03530-4