Accidental State: Chiang Kai-Shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan by Hsiao-ting Lin

Accidental State: Chiang Kai-Shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan

Hsiao-ting Lin

338 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The existence of two Chinese states one controlling mainland China, the other controlling the island of Taiwan is often understood as a seemingly inevitable outcome of the Chinese civil war. Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek s Nationalists f...

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