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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819001103321

Autore

Tanner Harold Miles

Titolo

The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China : Siping, 1946 / / Harold M. Tanner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-24341-X

0-253-00734-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Twentieth-century battles

Disciplina

951.042

Soggetti

History - China - 20th century

China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Campaigns

Siping Shi (China) History, Military 20th century

Manchuria (China) History, Military 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Note on Chinese Names -- Siping, 1946 : Decisive Battle or Lost Opportunity? -- The Manchurian Chessboard, August-September 1945 -- The Communist Retreat, October-December 1945 -- George Marshall's Mission, December 1945-March 1946 -- The Second Battle of Siping : Phase One--From Outer Defense to Stalemate, March-April 1946 -- The Second Battle of Siping : Phase Two--From Defense to Retreat, April-May 1946 -- The Chase and the Ceasefire, May-June 1946 -- Visions of the Past and Future.

Sommario/riassunto

In the spring of 1946, Communists and Nationalist Chinese were battled for control of Manchuria and supremacy in the civil war. The Nationalist attack on Siping ended with a Communist withdrawal, but further pursuit was halted by a cease-fire brokered by the American general, George Marshall. Within three years, Mao Zedong's troops had captured Manchuria and would soon drive Chiang Kai-shek's forces off the mainland. Did Marshall, as Chiang later claimed, save the Communists and determine China's fate? Putting the battle into the context of the military and political struggles fought, Harol