The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern ChinaOne of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. |
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معاينة المستخدمين - zen_923 - LibraryThingWell-written and informative. I really like the interesting narration of the japanese invasion of china and the civil war, including the negotiations between Zhou Enlai and Chang Kai-shek. The ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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معاينة المستخدمين - xuebi - LibraryThingChiang Kai-Shek (also Jiang Jieshi) was one of the most polarising Chinese figures of the twentieth century, equally celebrated as the victor over the Japanese and reviled as the man who lost the ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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Prologue | 1 |
I Revolution | 5 |
II War of Resistance | 139 |
III Civil War | 337 |
IV The Island | 409 |
Epilogue | 589 |
Notes | 597 |
699 | |