With updates from the author, specially commissioned maps, and 50 new images, this work offers a concise overview of the Chinese Civil War, a defining conflict in world history.
Between the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, one of the most significant conflicts in modern history reached its climax. In this illustrated history, best-selling historian Dr. Michael Lynch examines how the long-standing struggle between nationalist Chiang Kai-shek and communist Mao Zedong erupted into an intense, violent, and relentlessly contested civil war. Exploring the political background and the complex implications of the conflict, he assesses the millions-strong armies of Mao and Chiang, their strategies and commanders, as well as the critical campaigns that won and lost China. By 1949, the nationalist government was defeated and exiled to Taiwan, and the new People's Republic of China was poised to emerge as a major power in the Cold War.
Updated and revised, with full-color maps and new photographs throughout, this is a concise study of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century and its significant implications, issues around which remain unresolved to this day. Pages: 144
