With a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an
international thriller, this definitive biography of Chiang
Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of
Nationalist China's generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but
unfulfilled life. Chiang Kai-shek was one of the most influential
world figures of the twentieth century. The leader of the
Kuomintang, the Nationalist movement in China, by 1928 he had
established himself as head of the government in Nanking. But while
he managed to survive the political storms of the 1930s, Chiang's
power was continually being undermined by the Japanese on one side
and the Chinese Communists on the other. Drawing extensively on
original Chinese sources and accounts by contemporaneous
journalists, acclaimed author Jonathan Fenby explores little-known
international connections in Chiang's story as he unfolds a story
as fascinating in its conspiratorial intrigues as it is remarkable
for its psychological insights. This is the definitive biography of
the man who, despite his best intentions, helped create modern-day
China.
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