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China Hand, an autobiography / John Paton Davies, Jr.

Author/creator Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Descriptionx, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Pt. I LEAVING AND RETURNING -- I. Firing -- II. From China to America -- III. My Itinerant Education -- IV. Hankow, the Far East Desk, and Pearl Harbor -- pt. II "THIS ASSIGNMENT IS NOT MADE AT YOUR REQUEST NOR FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE" -- V. To Asia with Stilwell -- VI. Moment with Mr. Gandhi -- VII. Nehru and "The Problem" -- VIII. American in India -- IX. Willkie, Washington, and Vinegar Joe -- X. Among the Naga Headhunters -- pt. III PUBLIC AND PERSONAL DIPLOMACY -- XI. Politics of War -- XII. Cairo: With Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang -- XIII. Resurrection of Britain's Empire in Asia May Be Said to Lie Outside the Scope of Our Mission -- XIV. Patricia's Passage to India; A Soong Family Fracas -- pt. IV QUESTION OF CHINA -- XV. Stilwell's Wars -- XVI. Generalissimo Versus the General -- XVII. Meeting Mao -- XVIII. Communists Versus Nationalists Versus Hurley -- pt. V MOSCOW NIGHTS AND DAYS -- XIX. Posted to Moscow -- XX. Hurley's Opening Salvo -- XXI. Postwar Moscow -- pt. VI AT WAR AT HOME -- XXII. Returning to America, and the China Lobby -- XXIII. Assigned to Kennan's Policy Planning Staff -- XXIV. Working with the National Security Council -- XXV. Revisiting Asia in 1948 -- XXVI. "The Most Nefarious Campaign of Half-Truths and Untruth in the History of the Republic".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011033181
ISBN9780812244014 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN081224401X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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