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Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945-1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that war-not just militarily, but by alienating the civilian population through corruption and incompetence. Now available in a new edition, this authoritative investigation of Kuomintang failure and communist success explores the new research and archival resources available for assessing this pivotal period in contemporary Chinese history.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Part I: The Last Years of Kuomintang Rule Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Beginning of the End: Take-over from the Japanese Chapter 4 The Student Anti-war Movement Chapter 5 The Political Costs of Economic Mismanagement Chapter 6 A Summary of the Indictment: The Intelligentsia's Critique of the Kuomintang Part 7 Part II: The Communist Alternative Chapter 8 The Intelligentsia's Critique of the Chinese Communists Chapter 9 The Return to Land Reform Chapter 10 The Return to the Cities Chapter 11 A New Beginning: The Communist Take-over from the Kuomintang Chapter 12 The Politics of Civil War
About the author
Suzanne Pepper is an American writer and long-time Hong Kong resident.
