Counterrevolution in China: Wang Sheng and the Kuomintang

by Thomas A. Marks

Overview

This ground-breaking book spans 60 years of modern Chinese history from the much neglected non-communist perspective. Concentrating on Wang Sheng's career in relation to Chiang Kai-Shek's extraordinary son Chiang Ching-Kuo, it shows that the KMT were perfecting the methods that were to make Taiwan an East Asian Tiger' economy at the very point that they lost' the mainland. The book also provides a fascinating insight into Taiwan's efforts to aid South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1960 as the Indochina war unfolded.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135246891
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/17/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Thomas A. Marks

Table of Contents

Part 1 The end of an era. Part 2 Jiangxhi - the making of a counterrevolutinary: Maoist insurgency; a youth in Longnan; counterinsturgency and the mobilization of the populace; first steps into the KMT infrastructure; joining the elite; Gannan - revolution in the counterrevolution; brave new world. Part 3 Civil war - competing revolutions: aftermath of war; end of the Youth Army; fighting tigers in Shanghai; end of the Old Regime. Part 4 Taiwan - revolution in exile: reoganizing the revolution; political warfare versus intelligence; reconstructing a revolutionary weapon; trials in the quest for perfection; political warfare versus internal security. Part 5 Counterrevolution exported: political warfare in Vietnam; political warfare in Cambodia; political warfare in strategic context. Part 6 Strategic counterrevolution: renewed security concerns; the realities of power; Liu Shao Kang - strategic counterrevolution; on into exile. Part 7 Paraguay - back to Jiangxi: a community in search of itself; Paraguay in search of development. Part 8 A new era?

Editorial Reviews

This study spans 60 years of modern Chinese history from the neglected non-Communist perspective. It concentrates on Wang Sheng's career in relation to that of Chiang Kai-Shek's son Chiang Ching-Kuo, and traces the establishment of state and society in Taiwan. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'This is an important book for several reasons ... a compelling alternative account of contemporary Chinese history ... a fascinating insight into the little known world of Chinese "political warfare".' - Intelligence and National Security

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