A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino

A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949

Kevin Peraino

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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A gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape East Asian politics to this day. ...

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