061 CHINESE CIVIL WAR 1945-1949

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Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-color maps and new images throughout, this is a concise study of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and its significant repercussions.

Between the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, one of the most important conflicts in modern history reached its climax. Examines how the long struggle between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists exploded into an intense, brutal, and ruthlessly fought civil war. Delving into the political background and complex ramifications of the conflict, he assesses Mao and Chiang's millions-strong armies, their strategies and commanders, and the critical campaigns that won and lost China. By 1949 the Nationalist government was defeated and in exile in Taiwan, and the new People's Republic of China was ready to emerge as a major Cold War power.