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Where Chiang Kai-Shek lost China : the Liao-Shen campaign, 1948 /

"The civil war in China that ended in the 1949 victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces was a major blow to US interests in the Far East and led to heated recriminations about how China was 'lost.' Despite their significance, there have been few studies in English of the war'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tanner, Harold Miles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Colección:Twentieth-century battles.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A note on Chinese names
  • China : lost or won?
  • The struggle for Manchuria begins : August 1945-June 1946
  • Nationalist offensive, communist reaction : South Manchuria, July-November 1946
  • Breaking the nationalist offensive : the three expeditions/four defenses campaign, December 1946-March 1947
  • The summer offensive and the Wedemeyer mission, May-August 1947
  • Encircling the cities : the autumn and winter offensives, September 1947-March 1948
  • The battle behind the lines : building the North Manchuria base area
  • Army of learning : the transition from guerrilla to conventional warfighting capability
  • Contention within : summer 1948
  • Preparing to annihilate the enemy : September 1948
  • Close the door and beat the dog : the battles of Tashan and Jinzhou, October 1948
  • Putting Changchun under siege : March-June 1948
  • Death, treason, and surrender in the Garden city : June-October 1948
  • Avalanche of defeat : October-november 1948
  • Assessing and remembering.