The China mission : George Marshall's unfinished war, 1945-1947 /

A nuanced history of the doomed diplomatic mission that turned the tides of the Chinese Civil War. Following the phenomenal success of General George C. Marshall's leadership of the American army during World War II, he was the standout candidate for a vital international mission of brokering a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Marshall, George C. > (George Catlett), > 1880-1959. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949. United States > Foreign relations > China. China > Foreign relations > United States. HISTORY / Asia / China. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: oh! general Marshall, we communists honor you
Winning the peace
Peace is hell
Horrid dilemmas
Marshall is too big
The committee of three
Unity out of chaos
First lord of the warlords
Seek truth from facts
If the world wants peace
Balance of mistrusts
Fighting while talking
Umpire on a battlefield
Sisyphus in China
George Marshall can't walk on water
Limits of power
The rock and the whirlpool
At the point of a gun
All of chiang's horses and all of chiang's men
Into the fire
Epilogue: losing China.