The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China

By Jay Taylor

Book Overview

Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang's diaries, this book tells the story of this 'man of war' who led the most ancient and populous country in the world for a quarter century of endless and bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674033388
• ISBN13: 9780674033382
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 6.8"