Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945 - Deploying Words As Weapons

This book provides a historically informed perspective of First Lady of China Soong Mayling's legacy within the context of World War II history, international cultural and military affairs, and transnational geopolitics inflected through gender.

List of contents

List of Images
Note on the Romanization of Chinese Words
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. SOONG MAYLING'S MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS DURING CHINA'S WAR OF RESISTANCE (1937-1945)
Chapter One: Soong Mayling and the Chinese Air Force
Chapter Two: Soong Mayling and Wartime Contributions in Partnership with the Christian Community
PART II. WOMEN'S WORK: THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL, WAR RELIEF, AND NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
Chapter Three: Soong Mayling as Mother of China: Women's Organization, Mobilization, and Networks through the Women's Advisory Council (WAC)
Chapter Four: Encouraging China's Women and Educating China's Youth: Soong Mayling's Rhetorical and Emotional Labor
PART III. DIPLOMACY AT HOME AND ABROAD
Chapter Five: Diplomacy at Home
Chapter Six: Diplomacy Abroad: Soong Mayling, Sino-Indian, and Sino-British Relations
Chapter Seven: Diplomacy Abroad: Soong Mayling and U. S.-China Relations
Conclusion: Soong Mayling's Legacy
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Esther T. Hu

Product details

• Authors: Esther T. Hu
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666928617
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-861-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, General & world history, World War Two period (c 1939 to c 1945), Second World War, Asian History, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General