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The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945–1947
By Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel
- ISBN
- 9780393240955 9780393243086
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on March 15, 2018 | Social Sciences
Immediately following World War II, President Harry Truman charged former army chief of staff George C. Marshall with the impossible task of unifying China under Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, with a supporting role to be played by Mao Zedong's Communist party. Kurtz-Phelan (executive editor, Foreign Affairs) vividly reveals the events of this hopeless endeavor, even when led by Marshall, the architect of the Ally's victory. Neither Chiang no...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
