Chiang Kai-Shek versus Mao Tse-Tung : the battle for China, 1946-1949 /

A selection of over 200 archive photographs, most of which have not been published before, depict the battle for power that took place cacross the breadth of the country. The armies, air forces and navies of the opposing sides are shown in a series of graphic images, as is the ordeal of the long-suf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jowett, Philip S., 1961- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Pen & Sword Military, [2018]
Series:	Images of war.
Subjects:	Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976. Chiang, Kai-shek, > 1887-1975. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Campaigns. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Campaigns > Pictorial works. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949. China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Pictorial works.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Unreal peace, 1945-6
2. The fighting begins, 1946
3. Nationalist ascendancy, 1947
4. The cockpit of Asia, Manchuria, 1947
5. The Nationalists lose Manchuria, 1948
6. Natonalist decline, January-October 1948
7. The Huai-Hai challenge, November 1948-January 1949
8. Nationalists in despair, December 1948-April 1949
9. Fall of the north: Nationalist defeat in northern China, 1948-9
10. The fall of Shanghai, 25 May 1949
11. The long retreat: Nationalist defeats, 1949
12. Communist victory: the fall of the south, 1949
13. The aftermath, 1950-4.