Bibliograph

A force so swift, Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino

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A force so swift, Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-357) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A force so swift

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

967372577

Responsibility statement

Kevin Peraino

Sub title

Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Missimo -- The greatest force -- The old devils -- Bedbugs -- The dean -- All the aces -- Riverdale -- Wait, look, see -- A new world -- Heaven and hell -- A vast and delicate enterprise -- Neverland -- Heat -- Killing the tiger -- The great crescent -- Firecracker -- No devil shall escape -- Dig up the dirt -- First lightning -- Risky business -- The voice -- Through a glass, darkly -- A rather spectacular triumph -- A force so swift -- Epilogue, the mills of the gods

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