Chiang Kai-shek's critical years, 1935-50 / edited by Emily M. Hill.
| Other author | Hill, Emily M., 1957- editor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2025] |
| Description | xii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary Chinese studies Contemporary Chinese studies. ^A767036 |
| Contents | Chiang Kai-shek's National Unification Campaign of the Mid-1930s / Luo Min -- Chiang Kai-shek's Response to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident / Sherman Xiaogang Lai and Emily M. Hill -- A Failed Reconciliation: Chiang Kai-shek's Proposals to Merge the GMD and the CCP / Yang Tianshi -- Chiang Kai-shek and the Stilwell Affair / Steve Tsang -- "Drinking Icy Water in Winter": Chiang Kai-shek Chooses War in 1946 / Emily M. Hill and Xiaogang Lai -- Diplomat-in-Chief: Chiang Kai-shek's Visits to the Philippines and Korea in 1949 / Lü Fang-shang -- "I Shall Rise Again": Chiang Kai-shek's Return to the Presidency in 1950 / Chen Hongmin. |
| Abstract | ""Chiang Kai-shek's Critical Years, 1935-50" sheds new light on Chiang Kai-shek's decision-making when his political influence was at its peak. Drawing more fully on Chiang's own writing than existing studies in English, seven chapters by six authors analyze his responses to critical challenges. The work advances academic and public understanding of a figure who has remained enigmatic. Moreover, it explains the successes of a leader often remembered for massive failure. Contributions to the volume shed new light on Chiang Kai-shek's most significant decisions, including his decisions to wage war against Japan in 1937, and against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946. It also provides updated analysis of his efforts to accommodate the CCP, of his relations with representatives of the United States during the war against Japan, and on how he succeeded in maintaining his position as President of the Republic of China after 1949. Chiang Kai-shek's key decisions dramatically shaped China's future, while their repercussions affected the course of global history. The sharpened sense of Chiang's agency that the volume also provides a valuable foundation for analysis of the military and political institutional structures that he helped to build."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Chiang Kai-shek's critical years, 1935-50. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2025 0774870303 9780774870306 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9780774870276 |
| ISBN | 0774870273 hardcover |
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