About this title: From the first outbreak of hostilities in northern China in 1937 to the Japanese surrender aboard the U. S. S. Missouri in 1945, this book re-creates the decade of upheaval when China was caught in the grip of revolution and war and torn from its feudal past. The authors Time-Life correspondents during the war years, report firsthand on the rise and fall of the Kuomintang nationalist government and its leader, Chiang Kaishek, who ironically misunderstood his own people as much as the Japanese. At the same time, we see how the Communists won popular support both with more extensive social ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. damaged book cover. xxii, 331 p. map, plans. 20 cm. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, corners lightly bumped & worn, light aging to pages, stk #2498nfm8. xxii, 331 p. map, plans. 20 cm. Apollo editions, A31.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. Book is good, dust cover has a few tears and jagged edges. The story of what happened in the Far East, and China during the crisis years of war that culminated in WWII, and the buildup to that impact. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: William Sloane Associates, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Good clean tight hardback with some light general wear. some light discoloration spots along edges of cover and some small stain spots on fore edge. pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. ---No Jacket. Good 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall 330 pgs. Interior-Flawless. The boards have only light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. ---331 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have only light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Sloane Associates
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. ---331 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have only light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
"eye opening account of how china became communist state, I will never look at China/Taiwan/US the same. i learned so much about China's culture and people in this book."
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