Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost - Softcover

Fenby, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786714840 ISBN 13: 9780786714841

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2005

Synopsis

With a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this definitive biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China’s generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but unfulfilled life. Chiang Kai-shek was one of the most influential world figures of the twentieth century. The leader of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist movement in China, by 1928 he had established himself as head of the government in Nanking. But while he managed to survive the political storms of the 1930s, Chiang’s power was continually being undermined by the Japanese on one side and the Chinese Communists on the other. Drawing extensively on original Chinese sources and accounts by contemporaneous journalists, acclaimed author Jonathan Fenby explores little-known international connections in Chiang’s story as he unfolds a story as fascinating in its conspiratorial intrigues as it is remarkable for its psychological insights. This is the definitive biography of the man who, despite his best intentions, helped create modern-day China.

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"This is an important work that will deepen our understanding of the past, present, and future of China."

Synopsis:

The first important English-language chronicle of the Chinese warlord who lost mainland China to Mao during the Communist Revolution reconstructs his fascinating rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s, his struggles for power during World War II, and his subsequent drubbing at the hands of the Communists. Reprint.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0786714840
• ISBN 13: 9780786714841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 620