China at War - Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China

Chinäs mid-twentieth-century wars, 1936 to 1953, pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. Much is at stake politically in how this story is told. In Hans van de Ven¿s telling, the war with Japan, the civil war between Nationalists and Communists, and the aftermath were of a piece¿a singular process of conflict, strategy, and political change.

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Hans van de Ven

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• Authors: Hans J. van de Ven, Hans van de Ven, Hans van de Ven
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780674983502
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98350-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Second World War, Asian History, Political science and theory, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, History and Archaeology