Sand against the wind: stilwell and the America experience in China, 1911-45 (Record no. 3105)

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Classification number 327.73051 TUC
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Personal name Tuchman, Barbara W.
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Title Sand against the wind: stilwell and the America experience in China, 1911-45
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Macmillan
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1971
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Extent 621 p.
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Summary, etc. The theme of this book is the relation of America to China, in a larger sense to Asia. The vehicle of the theme is the career of General Stilwell. Why Stilwell? Because he combined a career focused on China with back ground and character that were quintessentially American; because his connection with China spanned the period that shaped the present from the dramatic opening moment of 1911, year of the Revolution, to 1944, decisive year in the decline of the Nationalist Government; because his service in the intervening years was a prism of the times-as language. officer from 1920 to 1923 in the time of the warlords, as officer of the 15th Infantry in Tientsin from 1926 to 1929 at the time of the rise to power of Chiang Kai-shek, as Military Attaché from 1935 to 1939 at the time of Japanese invasion, lastly as theater commander in World War II; because in the final and critical years of this period he was the most important figure in the Sino-American relationship. Impatient, acid, impolitic, "Vinegar Joe" was not the ideal man for the role. But in knowledge of the language and country, friendship for the people, belief and persistence in his task, combined with official position and power, he personified the strongest endeavor and, as it was to prove, the tragic limits, of his country's experience in Asia.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element International relations
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