关于中国的抗日战争,大陆和台湾的主要史书,所记述的内容,有很大的差异。这使得两岸的一些关心这段历史的许多读者甚感迷惑:到底什么是历史真相?实际上,完全纯之又纯的历史真相是没有的,没有异议的历史真相也难觅其踪。但是,如果我们把眼光放到更宽广的视野中,至少我们可以基本搞清楚别人是怎样看待我们这段历史的。这对于任何一个想正确认识中国历史的国人,都应该是有益的。因此,对于中国抗战的历史,我们不妨看看海外学者、主要是美国学者有些什么看法。当今世界上最具影响力的国外研究中国 Regarding the war of resistance against Japan in China, there are great differences in the content of the major historical books on the mainland and Taiwan. This has confused many readers on both sides of the Strait who are concerned about this history: what exactly is the historical truth? In fact, there is no historical truth that is completely pure and pure, and the untried historical truth can hardly be found. However, if we look more broadly at a broader perspective, at least we can basically figure out how others view our history. This should be beneficial to any countryman who wants to correctly understand the history of China. Therefore, we can look at the history of China’s war of resistance against the views of overseas scholars, mostly American scholars. China is the most influential foreign country in the world today