The generalissimo
Subtitle: Chiang Kai-shek and the struggle for modern China
By: Jay Taylor.
Edition: 1st. ed.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 722
ISBN-13: 9780674033382
Subjects: Chiang, Kai-shek, -- 1887-1975; Presidents -- China -- Biography; Presidents -- Taiwan -- Biography; China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949; Taiwan -- History -- 1945-
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Chiang Kai-shek and the struggle for modern China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Revolution; title: "A heap of sand"; title: "Tigers in front and wolves behind"; title: "The last five minutes"; title: Part II: War of resistance; title: "We offer all we are and all we have"; title: "Chiang has one emotion: China"; title: "The party's over"; title: "Substance for the shadow"; title: Part III: Civil war; title: "Trying to catch a fish in a tree"; title: "In my heart, I am not guilty"; title: Part IV: The island; title: "It's a good omen"; title: "Tickling the communist tiger"; title: "It was probably providential the mainland was lost"; title: "I'll never sell you down the river."