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Zhang Xueliang : the general who never fought / Aron Shai.
Van Pelt Library DS778.Z436 S53 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shai, Aron.
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001.
- Zhang, Xueliang.
- Generals--China--Biography.
- Generals.
- China.
- Political prisoners--China--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
- Politics and government.
- China--Politics and government--1949-.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 164 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Zhang Xueliang
- 張學良
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Hebrew.
- Summary:
- The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian "Young Marshall" -- a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, the author helps to shed light on 20th-century China.
- Contents:
- Opium and Government in Manchuria, 1901-1931
- From One Incident to Another, From Manchuria to Xian, 1931-1936
- "Forced Advice:" The Revolt against Chiang Kaishek, 1936
- The Great Reconciliation, 1936-1937
- The Wheel Turns 1936-1937
- A General Drifting in the Wind, 1937-1946
- Prisoner and Philosopher in Taiwan, 1946-1990
- Twilight and Death in Hawaii, 1991-2001.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230279063
- 0230279066
- OCLC:
- 776753678
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