The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China

One 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. Drawing heavily on Chin...

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1. Verfasser: Taylor, Jay (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:One 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. Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang's diaries, The Generalissimo provides the most lively, sweeping, and objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted, active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is excelled by few, if any, in modern history
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (736 pages)
ISBN:9780674054714
DOI:10.4159/9780674054714