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Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel.
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Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949.
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel.
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949.
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
MARC Display
The
China
mission
:
George
Marshall
's
unfinished
war
,
1945-1947
/ Daniel Kurtz-Phelan.
by
Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel.
W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Call #:
951.042 K96c
Subjects
Marshall
,
George
C. (
George
Catlett), 1880-1959.
China
-- History -- Civil
War
, 1945-1949.
United States -- Foreign relations --
China
.
China
-- Foreign relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9780393240955 (hc.)
Alternate title:
George
Marshall
's
unfinished
war
,
1945-1947
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 476 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-460) and index.
Contents:
Prologue : Oh! General
Marshall
, we communists honor you -- Part I. Winning the peace. Peace is hell ; Horrid dilemmas ;
Marshall
is too big ; The Committee of Three ; Unity out of chaos ; First Lord of the Warlords -- Part II. Seek truth from facts. If the world wants peace ; Balance of mistrusts ; Fighting while talking ; Umpire on a battlefield ; Sisyphus in
China
;
George
Marshall
can't walk on water -- Part III. Limits of power. The rock and the whirlpool ; At the point of a gun ; All of Chiang'
s
horses and all of Chiang'
s
men ; Into the fire -- Epilogue : Losing
China
-- Postscript : Substitutes for victory?
Summary:
"A nuanced history of the doomed diplomatic
mission
that turned the tides of the Chinese Civil
War
. Following the phenomenal success of General
George
C.
Marshall
's leadership of the American army during World
War
II, he was the standout candidate for a vital international
mission
: brokering a coalition government between
China
's warring Nationalists and Communists.
Marshall
went overseas as a U.
S
. "special representative" and began enacting miraculous change. Under
Marshall
's guiding hand,
China
's embattled political factions agreed to a ceasefire and settled on the principles of a democratic government. But over the next ten months,
Marshall
's
mission
soured: the agreements he brokered fractured and civil
war
came to
China
after all. This fascinating narrative history portrays the incredible beginnings and ultimate failure of
Marshall
's high-stakes
mission
, with a remarkable cast of characters featuring a heroes' gallery of American diplomats--Truman, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and many others. In spellbinding, pinpoint detail, The
China
Mission
chronicles an unforgettable misstep in American diplomacy that changed the course of global politics forevermore."--From publisher.
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