The man who changed China
Subtitle: the life and legacy of Jiang Zemin
By: Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 709
Subjects: Jiang, Zemin, -- 1926-; Heads of state -- China -- Biography; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Life and legacy of Jiang Zemin
Description: Jiang Zemin's life and leadership sweep through almost eighty tumultuous years of Chinese history: Japanese occupation, Civil War, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square, and, more recently, dramatic economic growth, tensions with Taiwan, and opportunities and confrontations with America. With unshakable if paternalistic vision, a lifelong love of Chinese civilization, and backroom political skills that no one had anticipated, Jiang Zemin became an unexpected agent of change, effecting the transition from a traumatized society to a confident, prosperous country rapidly ascending in the new world order.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-684) and index