The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China's Civil War

ISBN-13: 9781009297615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Parks M. Coble

Opis

This is a ground-breaking new interpretation of the collapse of Nationalist China, an event which fundamentally changed the course of twentieth-century history. Using newly available archival sources, Parks Coble reveals why, despite the financial backing of the US, Chiang Kai-shek's government lost the civil war against the communists in 1949.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Ichigo and its aftermath; 2. Hyperinflation and the rivalry between T. V. Soong and H. H. Kong; 3. Sudden surrender and botched liberation; 4. 1946 – failure to revive the economy in the aftermath of war; 5. 1947 – speeding towards disaster; 6. 1948 – the collapse of Fabi and the Gold Yuan disaster; Conclusion; Glossary.