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Decisive Encounters - The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 (Paperback)
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Decisive Encounters - The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 (Paperback)
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The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth
century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for
several generations, and defined international relations in East
Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and
scope-its battles were the largest military engagements since World
War II-until now remarkably little has been known about the war,
and even less about its effects on the societies that suffered
through it. This major new history of the Chinese Civil War
attempts to answer two central questions: Why was the war fought?
What were the immediate and the lasting results of the Communists'
victory? Though the book highlights military matters, it also shows
how campaigns were mounted alongside profound changes in politics,
society, and culture-changes that ultimately contributed as much to
the character of today's China as did the major battles. By
analyzing the war as an international conflict, the author explains
why so much of the present legitimacy of the Beijing government
derives from its successes during the late 1940s, and reveals how
the antagonism between China and the United States was born.
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