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Out of the ashes of Imperial China arose two new contenders to lead a reformed nation; the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. In 1927, the inevitable clash between these two political parties led to a bitter civil war that would last for 23 years, through World War II and into the Cold War period. The brutal struggle finally concluded when Communist forces captured Nanjing, capital of the Nationalist Republic of China, irrevocably altering the course of China's future. Dr. Michael Lynch sheds light on the cruel civil war that ultimately led to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Out of the ashes of Imperial China arose two new contenders to lead a reformed nation; the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. In 1927, the inevitable clash between these two political parties led to a bitter civil war that would last for 23 years, through World War II and into the Cold War period. The brutal struggle finally concluded when Communist forces captured Nanjing, capital of the Nationalist Republic of China, irrevocably altering the course of China's future. Dr. Michael Lynch sheds light on the cruel civil war that ultimately led to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Autorenporträt
Dr Michael Lynch is an Honorary Fellow in the School History, Politics & International Relations at the University of Leicester. His specialist areas of interest include modern European and Asian history. His previous publications include The People's Republic of China 1949-76, 2nd Edition (Hodder and Stoughton, 2008), China 1839-1997 (Hodder, 2016) and Mao (Routledge, 2017), among many others. He is a bestselling author on Hodder's Access to History series as well as an editor on the series as a whole.