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China 1949 - Year of Revolution (Hardcover)
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China 1949 - Year of Revolution (Hardcover)
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"Excellent." The Economist "A gripping account." South China
Morning Post "Well worth reading." The Morning Star "A persuasive
and readable narrative." History Today "Elegantly written." The
Tablet "An excellent study." The Chartist "Engaging." Asia Times
The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and
throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the
dramatic collapse of Chiang Kai-shek's 'pro-Western' Nationalist
government, overthrown by Mao Zedong and his communist armies, and
the foundation of the People's Republic of China. China 1949
follows the huge military forces that tramped across the country,
the exile of once-powerful leaders and the alarm of the foreign
powers watching on. The well-known figures of the Revolution are
all here. But so are lesser known military and political leaders
along with a host of 'ordinary' Chinese citizens and foreigners
caught in the maelstrom. They include the often neglected but
crucial role played by the 'Guangxi faction' within Chiang's own
regime, the fate of a country woman who fled her village carrying
her baby to avoid the fighting, a prominent Shanghai business man
and a schoolboy from Nanyang, ordered by his teachers to trek south
with his classmates in search of safety. Shadowing both the leaders
and the people of China in 1949, Hutchings reveals the lived
experiences, aftermath and consequences of this pivotal year -- one
in which careers were made and ruined, and popular hopes for a 'new
China' contrasted with fears that it would change the country
forever. The legacy of 1949 still resonates today as the founding
myth, source of national identity and root of the political
behaviour of modern China. Graham Hutchings has written a vivid,
gripping account of the year in which China abruptly changed
course, and pulled the rest of world history along with it.
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