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

by Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel
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ISBN: 9780393356861
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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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel
  • ISBN: 9780393356861
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.20
  • Number Of Pages: 496
  • Publication Year: 2019

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