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 Kuominta...(展开全部)

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 Kuominta...(展开全部)

This book tells an extraordinary story of one of the main figures of the last century who has been largely forgotten today but should not be. He wasn't a nice man - few big rulers are. But he and his times were fascinating. As well as Chiang, who came from nothing to rule China, the book tells of the huge wars and struggles that marked China before the Communist victory that se...(展开全部)

This book tells an extraordinary story of one of the main figures of the last century who has been largely forgotten today but should not be. He wasn't a nice man - few big rulers are. But he and his times were fascinating. As well as Chiang, who came from nothing to rule China, the book tells of the huge wars and struggles that marked China before the Communist victory that se...(展开全部)

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous cou...(展开全部)

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous cou...(展开全部)

Lattimore (1900-1989), the distinguished Orientalist who was ultimately cleared of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's charge that he was Russia's top espionage agent in the U.S., wrote a much-discussed book about his persecution, Ordeal By Slander (1950). Here he reminisces about his upbringing and education in China, his editorship of the Journal of Pacific Affairs , his role as personal ...(展开全部)

布赖恩·克罗泽，美国当代著名历史学者、政治传记作家，被公认为是采访和撰写国家元首及政府首脑数量最多且最具权威的传记作家。他的政治人物传记作品非常丰富，其中主要代表作有《蒋介石传》《戴高乐将军传》《斯大林生平》等，《蒋介石传》一书被认为是蒋介石离世后第一部及时、客观、完整、尊重历史地介绍蒋介石生平的蒋氏传记。

布赖恩·克罗泽，美国当代著名历史学者、政治传记作家，被公认为是采访和撰写国家元首及政府首脑数量最多且最具权威的传记作家。他的政治人物传记作品非常丰富，其中主要代表作有《蒋介石传》《戴高乐将军传》《斯大林生平》等，《蒋介石传》一书被认为是蒋介石离世后第一部及时、客观、完整、尊重历史地介绍蒋介石生平的蒋氏传记。