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Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950
Odd Arne Westad
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Description for Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950
Paperback. This history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two questions: Why was the war fought? And What were the immediate and lasting results of the Communists' victory? It also shows how campaigns were mounted against changes in politics, society and culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 226 x 2. Weight in Grams: 578.
The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope—its battles were the largest military engagements since World War II—until now remarkably little has been known about the war, and even less about its effects on the societies that suffered through it. This major new history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two central questions: Why was the war fought? What were the immediate and the lasting ... Read more
The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope—its battles were the largest military engagements since World War II—until now remarkably little has been known about the war, and even less about its effects on the societies that suffered through it. This major new history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two central questions: Why was the war fought? What were the immediate and the lasting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
427
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804744843
SKU
V9780804744843
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Ref
99-50
About Odd Arne Westad
Odd Arne Westad is a University Reader in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Among his many books is Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1963 (Editor) (Stanford and Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1998
Reviews for Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950
"Odd Arne Westad has written a key work on the civil-war period as well as an essential bibliographic starting point for further research."
The China Journal "This path-breaking, perceptive work merits wide circulation and systematic analysis."
Canadian Journal of History "This book is of fundamental importance to understanding twentieth-century Chinese history, comparative revolution, and early Cold War history. ... Read more
The China Journal "This path-breaking, perceptive work merits wide circulation and systematic analysis."
Canadian Journal of History "This book is of fundamental importance to understanding twentieth-century Chinese history, comparative revolution, and early Cold War history. ... Read more