A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949 / Kevin Peraino.
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TextPublisher: New York : Crown, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307887238 (hbk.)
- 9780307887245 (pbk.)
- 9780307887252 (Ebook)
- 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
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Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks | Economic Collection | 327.73051 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RU00003565 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-357) and index.
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.
"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.
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