How Mao Conquered China: Grand Strategy and Civil War
Dissects the interplay of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet intervention in Manchuria, Nationalist fiscal exhaustion, and Communist rural mobilization from 1931 to 1949.
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Dissects the interplay of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet intervention in Manchuria, Nationalist fiscal exhaustion, and Communist rural mobilization from 1931 to 1949.
Professor Sarah Paine analyzes the complex dynamics of war termination, exploring why conflicts are difficult to conclude decisively and the factors leading to escalation or intractable insurgencies.
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