Historical dictionary of the Chinese Civil War / Christopher R. Lew, Edwin Pak-wah Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lew, Christopher R.

Contributor:

Leung, Pak-Wah, 1950-

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest.

Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.

Zhongguo gong chan dang--History--20th century--Dictionaries.

Zhongguo gong chan dang.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949--Dictionaries.

China.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

Second Edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2013.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War studies the longer, broader war and its chronology carefully tracks the major events. The introduction then provides a broad overview, describing the contending forces, and showing how the Communists come out on top. The details, and these are crucial, are laid out in over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries dealing with the opposing forces and parties, the major campaigns and battles, the Long March, and of course the leadership on both sides. This b

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; X; Y; Z; Bibliography; About the Authors

Notes:

Authors names in reverse order on second edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-301).

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ISBN:

979-82-16-42145-0

0-8108-7874-7

OCLC:

853364719