The Death of Wang Yizhe: The Northeast Army's Role in the Xi'an Incident (Complete in Two Volumes)

Written in a documentary style with meticulous detail and based on extensive historical sources, this book recounts the full course of the Xi’an Incident, which began on December 12, 1936, and the February 2 Incident, which broke out on February 2, 1937. Wang Yizhe, commander of the Northeast Army’s 67th Army, was involved in both incidents from beginning to end and became a major target and victim of the bloody February 2 mutiny.

The Xi’an Incident was a turning point that shifted China from years of civil war toward nationwide resistance against Japan, and it played an important role in modern Chinese history. Throughout the long struggle to overcome the national crisis, political and military forces from the Communist Party, the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Kuomintang, and other factions formed alliances, cooperated, clashed, and fought one another. Many heroes stepped onto the stage of history. This book portrays key historical figures such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, Chiang Kai-shek, and Soong Mei-ling, along with Wang Yizhe, Sun Mingjiu, Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Bai Fengxiang, Liu Guiwu, and others who played important roles in the Xi’an Incident. Each had a distinct personality and chose a different path. Against the backdrop of resistance to Japan and amid ever-shifting political and military struggles, their lives unfolded in dramatic twists and turns.

This book offers a distinctive interpretation and account of the Xi’an Incident and the broader course of the War of Resistance Against Japan.