The Collapse of Nationalist China

by Parks M. Coble

When World War II ended Chiang Kai-shek seemed at the height of his power-the leader of Nationalist China, one of the victorious Allied Powers in 1945 and with the financial backing of the US. Yet less than four years later, he lost the China's civil war against the communists. Offering an insightful chronological treatment of the years 1944-1949, Parks Coble addresses why Chiang was unable to win the war and control hyperinflation. Using newly available...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009297619
• ISBN13: 9781009297615
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"