This ground-breaking book spans 60 years of modern Chinese history from the much neglected non-communist perspective. Concentrating on Wang Sheng's career in relation to Chiang Kai-Shek's extraordinary son Chiang Ching-Kuo, it shows that the KMT were perfecting the methods that were to make Taiwan an East Asian Tiger' economy at the very point that they lost' the mainland. The book also provides a fascinating insight into Taiwan's efforts to aid South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1960 as the Indochina war unfolded.
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'This is an important book for several reasons ... a compelling alternative account of contemporary Chinese history ... a fascinating insight into the little known world of Chinese political warfare.' - Intelligence and National Security
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ON 10 MAY 1983, a day apparently of no special note in the Republic of China, the country's president, Chiang Ching-kuo, asked Wang Sheng to come to his office in Taipei. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political warfare system, political warfare officers, baojia system, encirclement campaigns, advisory mission, political officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wang Sheng, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek, Youth Corps, Youth Army, San Min Chu-i, General Wang, Liu Shao Kang, Standing Committee, United States, Sun Yat-sen, New York, Lon Nol, Republic of China, South Vietnam, Central Cadre Academy, Central Military Academy, Wang Shcng, Central Committee, Kung Chiu-chuan, Wang Yao-hwa, Chief of General Staff, Ministry of National Defense, China Qtly, Henry Liu New!
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ON 10 MAY 1983, a day apparently of no special note in the Republic of China, the country's president, Chiang Ching-kuo, asked Wang Sheng to come to his office in Taipei. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political warfare system, political warfare officers, baojia system, encirclement campaigns, advisory mission, political officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wang Sheng, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek, Youth Corps, Youth Army, San Min Chu-i, General Wang, Liu Shao Kang, Standing Committee, United States, Sun Yat-sen, New York, Lon Nol, Republic of China, South Vietnam, Central Cadre Academy, Central Military Academy, Wang Shcng, Central Committee, Kung Chiu-chuan, Wang Yao-hwa, Chief of General Staff, Ministry of National Defense, China Qtly, Henry Liu New!
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- Modern China by John King Fairbank on 6 pages
- Fires of the Dragon by David E. Kaplan on page 12, page 236, and Back Matter
- Formosa (Taiwan) Betrayed (United States Foreign Policy) by George H. Kerr on page 192, and Back Matter
- The Stroessner Era: Authoritarian Rule in Paraguay by Carlos R. Miranda on page 312, and Back Matter
- The Idea of Civil Society by Adam B. Seligman on page 194, and Back Matter
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- Taiwan's Informal Diplomacy and Propaganda (Studies in Diplomacy) by Gary D. Rawnsley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Resisting Rebellion: The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency by Anthony James Joes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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