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

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  • "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
  • "In the opening months of 1949, U.S. President Harry S. Truman found himself faced with a looming diplomatic catastrophe--"perhaps the greatest that this country has ever suffered," as the journalist Walter Lippmann put it. Throughout the spring and summer, Mao Zedong's Communist armies fanned out across mainland China, annihilating the rival troops of America's one-time ally Chiang Kai-shek and taking control of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities. As Truman and his aides--including his shrewd, ruthless secretary of state, Dean Acheson--scrambled to formulate a response, they were forced to contend not only with Mao, but also with unrelenting political enemies at home. Over the course of this tumultuous year, Mao would fashion a new revolutionary government in Beijing, laying the foundation for the creation of modern China, while Chiang Kai-shek would flee to the island sanctuary of Taiwan. These events transformed American foreign policy--leading, ultimately, to decades of friction with Communist China, a long-standing U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the subsequent wars in Korea and Vietnam. Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, as well as recently declassified CIA documents, Kevin Peraino tells the story of this remarkable year through the eyes of the key players, including Mao Zedong, President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Minnesota congressman Walter Judd, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the influential first lady of the Republic of China. Today, the legacy of 1949 is more relevant than ever to the relationships between China, the United States, and the rest of the world, as Beijing asserts its claims in the South China Sea and tensions endure between Taiwan and the mainland." -- Publisher's description
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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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9780307887238
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A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
Title
A force so swift
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Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
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Kevin Peraino
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Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
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
  • "In the opening months of 1949, U.S. President Harry S. Truman found himself faced with a looming diplomatic catastrophe--"perhaps the greatest that this country has ever suffered," as the journalist Walter Lippmann put it. Throughout the spring and summer, Mao Zedong's Communist armies fanned out across mainland China, annihilating the rival troops of America's one-time ally Chiang Kai-shek and taking control of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities. As Truman and his aides--including his shrewd, ruthless secretary of state, Dean Acheson--scrambled to formulate a response, they were forced to contend not only with Mao, but also with unrelenting political enemies at home. Over the course of this tumultuous year, Mao would fashion a new revolutionary government in Beijing, laying the foundation for the creation of modern China, while Chiang Kai-shek would flee to the island sanctuary of Taiwan. These events transformed American foreign policy--leading, ultimately, to decades of friction with Communist China, a long-standing U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the subsequent wars in Korea and Vietnam. Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, as well as recently declassified CIA documents, Kevin Peraino tells the story of this remarkable year through the eyes of the key players, including Mao Zedong, President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Minnesota congressman Walter Judd, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the influential first lady of the Republic of China. Today, the legacy of 1949 is more relevant than ever to the relationships between China, the United States, and the rest of the world, as Beijing asserts its claims in the South China Sea and tensions endure between Taiwan and the mainland." -- Publisher's description
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Peraino, Kevin
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327.73051
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  • maps
  • plates
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index present
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non fiction
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  • Diplomatic relations
  • Politics and government
  • HISTORY / Asia / China
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
  • United States
  • United States
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • United States
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • United States
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Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
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A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino
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Publication
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
Control code
1882851
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780307887238
Lccn
2017000979
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Other control number
40027506219
Other physical details
illustrations, map
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  • (Sirsi) i9780307887238
  • (OCoLC)968212519
Label
A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
1882851
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780307887238
Lccn
2017000979
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027506219
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780307887238
  • (OCoLC)968212519

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