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Author Bernstein, Richard, 1944-

Title China 1945 : Mao's revolution and America's fateful choice / Richard Bernstein.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1609425~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  327.7305109 BER    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 445 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.
Contents 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 -- The rage of an envoy -- 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 Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
China -- Foreign relations.
Taiwan -- History -- 1945-
ISBN 9780307595881
0307595889
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