9780393356861-0393356868-The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

ISBN-13: 9780393356861
ISBN-10: 0393356868
Edition: Reprint
Author: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 496 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780393356861
ISBN-10: 0393356868
Edition: Reprint
Author: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 496 pages

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The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 (ISBN-13: 9780393356861 and ISBN-10: 0393356868), written by authors Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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An Economist Best Book of 2018
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick

“Gripping [and] splendid.… An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall.”―Washington Post

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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