Civil war in China : the political struggle, 1945-1949 / Suzanne Pepper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pepper, Suzanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.

China.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 508 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]

Summary:

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 19451949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that war -- not just militarily, but by alienating the civilian population through corruption and incompetence.

Now available in a new edition, this authoritative investigation of Kuomintang failure and communist success explores the new research and archival resources available for assessing this pivotal period in contemporary Chinese history. Even more relevant today given the contemporary debates in Hong Kong and Taiwan over the terms of reunification with a communist-led national government in Beijing, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking a nuanced understanding of twentieth-century Chinese politics.

Contents:

Map: Military Border Regions xxxiv

Part 1 The Last Years of Kuomintang Rule

II. The Beginning of the End: Take-over from the Japanese 7

III. The Student Anti-war Movement 42

IV. The Political Costs of Economic Mismanagement 95

V. A Summary of the Indictment: the Intelligentsia's Critique of the Kuomintang 132

Part 2 The Communist Alternative

VI. The Intelligentsia's Critique of the Chinese Communists 199

VII. The Return to Land Reform 229

VIII. The Return to the Cities 331

IX. A New Beginning: The Communist Take-over from the Kuomintang 385

X. The Politics of Civil War 423.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-492) and index.

ISBN:

0847691330

0847691349

OCLC:

40602875