Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
Barbara W. Tuchman
794 pages, Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0553145797
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1980
American HistoryAsiaBiographyChinaHistoryMilitary FictionMilitary HistoryNonfictionWarWorld War II
Stilwell & the American Experience in China, 1911-45 was written by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman & published in ’71 by Macmillan Publishers. It won the ’72 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book was republished in 2001 by Grove Press. It was also published under the title Sand Against the Wind: Stilwell & the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Macmillan Publishers in 1970.
Using the life of Joseph Stilwell, military attache to China in 1935-39 & commander of U.S. forces & allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in ’42-44, this book explores the history of China from the Revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of WWII, when its right-wing Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders & Communist insurgents.