Victorious in defeat : the life and times of Chiang Kai-Shek, China, 1887-1975
Pantsov, Alexander, 1955-2023
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Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926. He was the architect of a new, republican China, a hero of the Second World War, and a faithful ally of the United States. Simultaneously a Christian and a Confucian, Chiang dreamed of universal equality yet was a perfidious and cunning dictator responsible for the deaths of over 1.5 million innocent people. This critical biography is based on Chiang Kai-shek's unpublished diaries, his extensive personal files from the Russian archives, and the Russian files of his relatives, associates, and foes.
Main title:
Victorious in defeat : the life and times of Chiang Kai-Shek, China, 1887-1975 / Alexander V. Pantsov ; translated by Steven I. Levine.
Author:
Pantsov, Alexander, 1955-, authorLevine, Steven I., translator
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.
Collation:
736 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780300260205 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951.042092951.042
Language:
English
Subject:
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975Presidents -- China -- BiographyPresidents -- Taiwan -- BiographyChina -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-BiographyAsia20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Biography & non-fiction proseBiography: generalBiography: historical, political & military
BRN:
622979