Bruce A. Elleman is a Research Professor in the Maritime History Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, at the US Naval War College, and author of Diplomacy and Deception: The Secret History of Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Relations, 1917-1927 (Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997); Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989 (London: Routledge, 2001, translated into Chinese); Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45 (London: Routledge, 2006); and Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925-30: The Nanchang Uprising and the Birth of the Red Army (London: Routledge, 2009).
S.C.M.Paine is a Professor in the Strategy and Policy Department at the US Naval War College and author of Imperial Rivals: China, Russia and Their Disputed Frontiers (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), winner of the Jelavich book prize, and The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power and Primacy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002); and co-editor with Bruce A. Elleman of Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-strategies, 1805-2005 (London: Routledge, 2006), and Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom (London: Routledge, 2008).