The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the struggle for modern ChinaOne of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang's diaries, The Generalissimo provides the most lively, sweeping, and objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted, active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is excelled by few, if any, in modern history. |
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ユーザー レビュー - xuebi - LibraryThingChiang Kai-Shek (also Jiang Jieshi) was one of the most polarising Chinese figures of the twentieth century, equally celebrated as the victor over the Japanese and reviled as the man who lost the ... レビュー全文を読む
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ユーザー レビュー - kerns222 - LibraryThingThe author works hard to show that Chiang's personal honor, almost ascetic life and cunning intelligence absolve him from the horrors of leading civil war. At least, Chiang did not kill a whole social ... レビュー全文を読む
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