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Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest)
Full title: | Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest) |
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ISBN: | 9780810878730 |
ISBN 10: | 0810878739 |
Authors: | Lew, Christopher R. Leung, Edwin Pak-wah |
Publisher: | Scarecrow Press |
Edition: | Second |
Num. pages: | 336 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2013 |
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Synopsis
This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War studies the longer, broader war and its chronology carefully tracks the major events. The introduction then provides a broad overview, describing the contending forces, and showing how the Communists come out on top. The details, and these are crucial, are laid out in over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries dealing with the opposing forces and parties, the major campaigns and battles, the Long March, and of course the leadership on both sides. This book, one of few such in English, provides a very solid basis for study, but that can be accomplished more effectively by consulting the titles listed in an extensive bibliography.