During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For 10 remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation in China's wartime capital, the people of Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war - and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time tells the full story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. This book includes a selection of photographs taken at that time, including a number by renowned photojournalist Robert Capa.