The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China : Siping, 1946 / / Harold M. Tanner
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| Autore: |
Tanner Harold Miles
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| Titolo: |
The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China : Siping, 1946 / / Harold M. Tanner
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 951.042 |
| Soggetto topico: | History - China - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Campaigns |
| Siping Shi (China) History, Military 20th century | |
| Manchuria (China) History, Military 20th century | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China |
| ISBN: | 1-299-24341-X |
| 0-253-00734-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819001103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Twentieth-Century Battles