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Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953 (Modern War Studies)
Shu Guang Zhang
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Description for Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953 (Modern War Studies)
Hardcover. This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea". Based on a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the far-reaching influence of Mao Zedong's political and military thought on China's conduct of the war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; BG; HBJF; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the ""War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea."" Based upon a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the far-reaching influence of Mao Zedong's political and military thought on China's conduct of the war.
As Shu Guang Zhang reminds us, many observers in 1950 thought it foolhardy for this young and underdeveloped communist nation to engage in yet another war. Coming so soon after its costly civil war with the Nationalists, the Korean crisis presented ... Read more
This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the ""War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea."" Based upon a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the far-reaching influence of Mao Zedong's political and military thought on China's conduct of the war.
As Shu Guang Zhang reminds us, many observers in 1950 thought it foolhardy for this young and underdeveloped communist nation to engage in yet another war. Coming so soon after its costly civil war with the Nationalists, the Korean crisis presented ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700607235
SKU
V9780700607235
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