Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

Name: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
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ISBN: 9780026202909

ISBN-10: 0026202905

ISBN-13: 9780026202909

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barbara W. Tuchman

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Joseph Stilwell, military attache to China from 1935 to 1939 and commander of U.S. forces and Allied Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek from 1942 to 1944, was a man who loved China deeply, spoke its language, and knew its people as few Americans ever have. Using the life of Stilwell, Barbara W. Tuchman explores the history of China from the Revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China's Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Her classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the cantankerous but level-headed "Vinegar Joe" is both an account of American relations with China and the experiences of one of our men on the ground.…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Introduction


Foreword


Prologue: The Crisis





Foundations of an Officer


Visitor to Revolution: China, 1911


The Great War: St. Mihiel and Shantung


Assignment to Peking: Years of the Warlords, 1920-23


The "Can Do" Regiment and the Rise of Chiang Kai-shek, 1926-29


"Vinegar Joe," 1929-35


Military Attache: China's Last Chance, 1935-37


Military Attache: Sino-Japanese War, 1937-39





The Rush to Prepare 1939-41


"I'll Go Where I'm Sent" December 1941-February 1942


"A Hell of a Beating" March-May 1942


The Client June-October 1942


"Peanut and I on a raft" August 1942-January 1943


The President's Policy January-May 1943


Stilwell Must Go June-October 1943


China's Hour at Cairo November-December 1943


The Road Back December 1943-July 1944


"The Future of All Asia Is at Stake" June-September 1944


The Limits of "Can Do" September-November 1944


"We Ought to Get Out--Now" 1945-46


Road-Building, 1921: Haphazard Conversations by Major Joseph W. Stilwell


Bibliography and Other Sources


Notes


Index