Name: A Force So Swift
ISBN: 9780307887238

Kevin Peraino

"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map"--Provided by publisher.

Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949

A Force So Swift

Garrett Jansen

As people reading about the past, we tend to silo things in our minds rather than understanding the larger picture along with the context that it exists within. Having spent a bit of time reading about Chinese history and in particular, the founding of the People's Republic, I'm very guilty of this. 

Luckily, books like this come along that better illustrate the connections between actors on the world's stage. There's something here that I haven't gotten from other sources that I believe would help Americans make better sense of the world we live in and how our fingerprints have shaped it. Of course, this is a very small slice of history but if you find this scratching an itch, there are many more helpful sources for you to dig in with.

A Force So Swift Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949

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