Author: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan 187531
Title: The China Mission
Description: WW Norton, 2019. Paperback. Pp: 496. An Economist Best Book of 2018New York Times Book Review Editor`s Pick "Gripping [and] splendid. An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall.""Washington Post At the end of World War II, General George Marshall took on what he thought was a final mission"this time not to win a war, but to stop one. In China, conflict between Communists and Nationalists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. Marshall`s charge was to cross the Pacific, broker a peace, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. At first, the results seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice"one that would alter the course of the Cold War, define the US-China relationship, and spark one of the darkest-ever turns in American political life. The China Mission offers a gripping, close-up view of the central figures of the time"from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang Kai-shek to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur"as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today. ISBN: 9780393356861. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: The China Mission
Description: WW Norton, 2019. Paperback. Pp: 496. An Economist Best Book of 2018New York Times Book Review Editor`s Pick "Gripping [and] splendid. An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall.""Washington Post At the end of World War II, General George Marshall took on what he thought was a final mission"this time not to win a war, but to stop one. In China, conflict between Communists and Nationalists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. Marshall`s charge was to cross the Pacific, broker a peace, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. At first, the results seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice"one that would alter the course of the Cold War, define the US-China relationship, and spark one of the darkest-ever turns in American political life. The China Mission offers a gripping, close-up view of the central figures of the time"from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang Kai-shek to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur"as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today. ISBN: 9780393356861. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780393356861
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- Book number: 3376949
- Book number: 3376949
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