TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynch, Michael
TI  - The chinese civil war 1945 -49
T2  - Essencial histories
SN  - 9781472853141
U1  - 951.042 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Osprey pub
KW  - China
N2  - Between the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, one of the most important conflicts in modern history reached its climax. In this illustrated history, bestselling historian Dr Michael Lynch examines how the long struggle between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists exploded into an intense, brutal and ruthlessly fought civil war. Delving into the political background and complex ramifications of the conflict, he assesses Mao and Chiang's millions-strong armies, their strategies and commanders, and the critical campaigns that won and lost China. By 1949 the Nationalist government was defeated and in exile in Taiwan, and the new People's Republic of China was ready to emerge as a major Cold War power
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