A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949 /

"A gripping narrative of the Truman administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape east Asian politics to this day."--Provided by publisher.

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Peraino, Kevin
Формат: Printed Book
Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York : Crown, 2017
Предметы:
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
United States > Foreign relations > China.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
China > Politics and government > 1937-1949.
Taiwan > Politics and government > 1945-1975.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Taiwan.
Taiwan > Foreign relations > United States.
Оглавление:
  • Prologue
  • Missimo
  • The greatest force
  • The old devils
  • Bedbugs
  • The dean
  • All the aces
  • Riverdale
  • Wait, look, see
  • A new world
  • Heaven and hell
  • A vast and delicate enterprise
  • Neverland
  • Heat
  • Killing the tiger
  • The great crescent
  • Firecracker
  • No devil shall escape
  • Dig up the dirt
  • First lightning
  • Risky business
  • The voice
  • Through a glass, darkly
  • A rather spectacular triumph
  • A force so swift
  • Epilogue: the mills of the gods.

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