A force so swift
Subtitle: Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
By: Kevin Peraino
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780307887238
Subjects: Politics and government; Foreign relations
Other titles: Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
Description: "A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Missimo; title: The greatest force; title: The old devils; title: Bedbugs; title: The dean; title: All the aces; title: Riverdale; title: Wait, look, see; title: A new world; title: Heaven and hell; title: A vast and delicate enterprise; title: Neverland; title: Heat; title: Killing the tiger; title: The great crescent; title: Firecracker; title: No devil shall escape; title: Dig up the dirt; title: First lightning; title: Risky business; title: The voice; title: Through a glass, darkly; title: A rather spectacular triumph; title: A force so swift; title: Epilogue, the mills of the gods.