Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

The China Mission

George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

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Produktbeschreibung

At the end of World War II, General George Marshall took on what he thought was a final mission-this time not to win a war, but to stop one. In China, conflict between Communists and Nationalists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. Marshall's charge was to cross the Pacific, broker a peace, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. At first, the results seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice-one that would alter the course of the Cold War, define the US-China relationship, and spark one of the darkest-ever turns in American political life. The China Mission offers a gripping, close-up view of the central figures of the time-from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang Kai-shek to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur-as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blue Guides Limited of London
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780393356861
• ISBN-10: 0393356868
• Artikelnr.: 52822810

Autorenporträt

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is the executive editor of Foreign Affairs. He previously served in the US State Department as a member of the secretary of state's Policy Planning Staff. His reportage and analysis have appeared in publications including the New York Times and The New Yorker.