Marshall's Mission to China December 1945 to January 1947
Author: Elizabeth Marshall
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1976-06-01
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780313269103
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Elizabeth Marshall
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1976-06-01
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780313269103
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Catlett Marshall
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 536
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lyman P. Van Slyke
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1976-06-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780313269110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lyman P. Van Slyke
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1976-06-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780313269103
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Larry I. Bland
Publisher: Marshall George C Research
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 661
ISBN-13: 9780935524048
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Catlett Marshall
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 588
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Roger B. Jeans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011-08-28
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1442212969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book breaks new ground in our understanding of a pivotal period in the history of American foreign policy, the early Cold War, and the struggle for dominance in China between the Nationalists and Communists. The famous Marshall Mission to China has been the focus of intense scrutiny ever since General George C. Marshall returned home in January 1947 and full-scale civil war consumed China. Yet until recently, there was little new to add to the story of the failure to avert war between the Chinese Nationalists, under Chiang Kai-shek, and the Chinese Communists, led by Mao Zedong. Drawing on a newly discovered insider's account, Roger B. Jeans makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Marshall's failed mediation effort and the roles played by key Chinese figures. Working from the letters and diary of U.S. Army Colonel John Hart Caughey, Jeans offers a fresh interpretation of the mission. From beginning to end, Caughey served as Marshall's executive officer, in effect his right-hand man, assisting the general in his contacts with the Chinese and drafting key documents for him. Through his writings, Caughey provides a rare behind-the-scenes view of the general's mediation efforts as well as intimate glimpses of the major Chinese figures involved, including Chiang Kai-shek, Madame Chiang, and Zhou Enlai. In addition to daily contact with Marshall, Caughey often rubbed shoulders with these major Nationalist and Communist figures. As a meticulous eyewitness to history in the making, Caughey offers crucial insight into a key moment in post-World War II history.
Author: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2018-04-10
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0393243087
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An Economist Best Book of 2018 A spellbinding narrative of the high-stakes mission that changed the course of America, China, and global politics—and a rich portrait of the towering, complex figure who carried it out. As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a final mission—this time not to win a war, but to stop one. Across the Pacific, conflict between Chinese Nationalists and Communists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. His assignment was to broker a peace, build a Chinese democracy, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. In his thirteen months in China, Marshall journeyed across battle-scarred landscapes, grappled with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, and plotted and argued with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his brilliant wife, often over card games or cocktails. The results at first seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice. Its consequences would define the rest of his career, as the secretary of state who launched the Marshall Plan and set the standard for American leadership, and the shape of the Cold War and the US-China relationship for decades to come. It would also help spark one of the darkest turns in American civic life, as Marshall and the mission became a first prominent target of McCarthyism, and the question of “who lost China” roiled American politics. The China Mission traces this neglected turning point and forgotten interlude in a heroic career—a story of not just diplomatic wrangling and guerrilla warfare, but also intricate spycraft and charismatic personalities. Drawing on eyewitness accounts both personal and official, it offers a richly detailed, gripping, close-up, and often surprising view of the central figures of the time—from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang 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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Publisher: Government Printing Office
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Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780160873362
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the nature of counterinsurgency and nation-building missions, the institutional obstacles inherent in dealing effectively with such operations, and the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. doctrine, including the problems that can occur when that doctrine morphs into dogma.