Name: Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945
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Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
ISBN: 9780812986204

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Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945

Type

Physical Book

Author

Barbara W. Tuchman

Publisher

Random House Trade

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.7x3.6 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN13

9780812986204

Synopsis "Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945 "

Barbara W. Tuchman won her second Pulitzer Prize for this nonfiction masterpiece--an authoritative work of history that recounts the birth of modern China through the eyes of one extraordinary American. General Joseph W. Stilwell was a man who loved China deeply and knew its people as few Americans ever have. Barbara W. Tuchman's groundbreaking narrative follows Stilwell from the time he arrived in China during the Revolution of 1911, through his tours of duty in Peking and Tientsin in the 1920s and '30s, to his return as theater commander in World War II, when the Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Peopled by warlords, ambassadors, and missionaries, this classic biography of the cantankerous but level-headed "Vinegar Joe" sparkles with Tuchman's genius for animating the people who shaped history. Praise for Stilwell and the American Experience in China "Tuchman's best book . . . so large in scope, so crammed with information, so clear in exposition, so assured in tone that one is tempted to say it is not a book but an education."--The New Yorker "The most interesting and informative book on U.S.-China relations . . . a brilliant, lucid and authentic account."--The Nation "A fantastic and complex story finely told."--The New York Times Book Review

Barbara W. Tuchman

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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN (New York, 1912-1989) was a historian and journalist. She began her career collaborating with publications such as The Nation, War in Spain, or New Statesman, and later carried out extensive teaching activities at institutions like Harvard University and the University of California. Despite having published various works, fame came with The Guns of August (RBA, 2012), awarded in 1962 with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Other books of hers published in our language include: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, The Proud Tower, The March of Folly, and The Zimmermann Telegram, also published by RBA.

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