02964nam 2200601Ia 450 991079208360332120230803023556.01-299-24341-X0-253-00734-8(CKB)2560000000098216(EBL)1144287(OCoLC)833046303(SSID)ssj0000837361(PQKBManifestationID)11457674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000837361(PQKBWorkID)10769889(PQKB)10382138(MiAaPQ)EBC1144287(MdBmJHUP)muse18252(Au-PeEL)EBL1144287(CaPaEBR)ebr10666281(CaONFJC)MIL455591(EXLCZ)99256000000009821620120920d2013 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe battle for Manchuria and the fate of China[electronic resource] Siping, 1946 /Harold M. TannerBloomington Indiana University Press20131 online resource (288 p.)Twentieth-century battlesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00723-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, HarolTwentieth-Century BattlesHistoryChina20th centuryChinaHistoryCivil War, 1945-1949CampaignsSiping Shi (China)History, Military20th centuryManchuria (China)History, Military20th centuryHistory951.042Tanner Harold Miles1519981MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792083603321The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China3758393UNINA