An in-depth biography of the towering 20th-century Chinese military and political figure who led the government, first on the mainland and then in exile in Taiwan, from the acclaimed New Yorker correspondent who lived in China when he was ...

Following his acclaimed studies of the state of modern France and how Hong Kong has changed since the 1997 handover, Jonathan Fenby now turns his attention to one of the most interesting yet under-reported figures of twentieth-century ...

... President Chiang Kai-shek: His Life Story in Pictures. Because of ongoing online speculation about the nature of these defectors' marriages in Taiwan, I have chosen not to list the names of the women. 3.1 Photo of 1965 defectors Li ...

... Life in China (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1943) Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord (ed. Alex Danchev and Dan Todman), War ... President Chiang Kaishek: His Life Story in Pictures (Taipei: n.p., 1971) ——, In Everlasting Memory of the Late President ...

... The Soong Dynasty. New York: Harper and Row, ¡985. Smedley, Agnes. Battle Hymn of China. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ¡943. Spence, Jonathan. The Search for Modern China. New York: Norton, ¡990. Spencer, Cornelia. Three Sisters: The Story of ...

... Chiang Kai - shek , 1937–1946 . 2 Vols . , New York : John Day , 1946 . President Chiang Kai - shek : His Life Story in Pictures . Taipei : Government Information Office , 1972 . Ministry of National Defense Military Campaigns in China ...

This is a visceral and concise introduction to a pivotal conflict that has left an indelible mark on the China of today—and on the rest of the world.