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In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate rejection of Soviet models and practices in economic, cultural, social,

Providing historical insights, essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this book explores the events that led to the rise of communism and a stron

Traces the events of the twenty-four year struggle for power between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tŝe-tung and their influence on the destiny of China.

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945_1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first a