Author: Jay Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674033388
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
One 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. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong—his archrival for leadership of China—he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan’s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization. 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. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang’s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan.
Generalissimo Chiang Speaks
Generalissimo Chiang Speaks
Author: Kai-shek Chiang
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Generalissimo
Author: Jay Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674054717
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
One 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. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong—his archrival for leadership of China—he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan’s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization. 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. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang’s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674054717
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
One 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. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong—his archrival for leadership of China—he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan’s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization. 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. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang’s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan.
The Voice of China
Author: Kai-shek Chiang
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's War Speeches. July, 1937-January, 1944. Edited ... by C.H. Lowe. [With a Portrait.].
Author: China. Xing zheng yuan. Xin wen ju
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The Collected Wartime Messages of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, 1937-1945
Author: Kai-shek Chiang
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
FROST (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library collection.
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
FROST (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library collection.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's War Speeches, July, 1937-January, 1944
Author: Kai-Shek Chiang (pseud. van Jiang Ruiyuan)
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Languages : en
Pages : 129
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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Generalissimo Chiang's Speech on the Communist Question Delivered at the People's Political Council, Chungking
Author: Kai-shek Chiang
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's War Speeches
Chiang Kai Shek
Author: Jonathan Fenby
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786739843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
With a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this definitive biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China's generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but unfulfilled life. Chiang Kai-shek was one of the most influential world figures of the twentieth century. The leader of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist movement in China, by 1928 he had established himself as head of the government in Nanking. But while he managed to survive the political storms of the 1930s, Chiang's power was continually being undermined by the Japanese on one side and the Chinese Communists on the other. Drawing extensively on original Chinese sources and accounts by contemporaneous journalists, acclaimed author Jonathan Fenby explores little-known international connections in Chiang's story as he unfolds a story as fascinating in its conspiratorial intrigues as it is remarkable for its psychological insights. This is the definitive biography of the man who, despite his best intentions, helped create modern-day China.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786739843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
With a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this definitive biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China's generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but unfulfilled life. Chiang Kai-shek was one of the most influential world figures of the twentieth century. The leader of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist movement in China, by 1928 he had established himself as head of the government in Nanking. But while he managed to survive the political storms of the 1930s, Chiang's power was continually being undermined by the Japanese on one side and the Chinese Communists on the other. Drawing extensively on original Chinese sources and accounts by contemporaneous journalists, acclaimed author Jonathan Fenby explores little-known international connections in Chiang's story as he unfolds a story as fascinating in its conspiratorial intrigues as it is remarkable for its psychological insights. This is the definitive biography of the man who, despite his best intentions, helped create modern-day China.