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China 1945 : Mao's revolution and America's fateful choice
Title:
China 1945 : Mao's revolution and America's fateful choice
Author:
Bernstein, Richard, 1944-
ISBN:
9780307743213
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage books, 2015.
Physical Description:
x, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Abstract:
Part I. Innocents in China -- A rare victory -- The generalissimo and the Americans -- The devastated country -- Mao, Zhou, and the Americans -- The dark side -- Part II. Seeds of animosity -- The wrong man -- Paranoia -- A moral compromise -- Hiding the knife -- The war over China policy -- Mao the god, service the spy -- Part III. Victory and failure -- Hearts and minds -- Everything Stalin wanted -- Facts on the ground -- What to do? -- Marshall comes close -- From hope to antagonism -- Epilogue: the tragedy of the Chinese Revolution.
Subject:
United States -- Foreign relations -- China. |
China -- Foreign relations -- United States. |
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949. |
Taiwan -- History -- 1945- |
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. |
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. |
Summary:
Part I. Innocents in China -- A rare victory -- The generalissimo and the Americans -- The devastated country -- Mao, Zhou, and the Americans -- The dark side -- Part II. Seeds of animosity -- The wrong man -- Paranoia -- A moral compromise -- Hiding the knife -- The war over China policy -- Mao the god, service the spy -- Part III. Victory and failure -- Hearts and minds -- Everything Stalin wanted -- Facts on the ground -- What to do? -- Marshall comes close -- From hope to antagonism -- Epilogue: the tragedy of the Chinese Revolution.