LEADER 04338cam 2200601 i 4500001 ocn878667287 003 OCoLC 005 20150123070554.0 008 140425s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2014003598 019 870663455 020 9780307595881 (hardcover) 020 0307595889 (hardcover) 020 9780307743213 (trade pbk.) 020 0307743217 (trade pbk.) 020 |z9780385353519 (ebook) 035 (Sirsi) 40024552730 035 40024552730 035 (OCoLC)878667287 |z(OCoLC)870663455 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dYDXCP |dBDX |dVP@ |dMOF |dBUR |dIBI |dCDX |dOCLCF |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us---a-cc---a-ch--- 050 00 E183.8.C5 |bB439 2014 082 00 327.7305109/044 |223 100 1 Bernstein, Richard, |d1944- |=^A350901 245 10 China 1945 : |bMao's revolution and America's fateful choice / |cRichard Bernstein. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bAlfred A. Knopf, |c2014. 300 x, 445 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index. 505 0 Part I. Innocents in China -- A rare victory -- The generalissimo and the Americans -- The devastated country -- Mao, Zhou, and the Americans -- The dark side -- Part II. Seeds of animosity -- The wrong man -- The rage of the envoy -- A moral compromise -- Hiding the knife -- The war over China policy -- Mao the god, service the spy -- Part III. Victory and failure -- Hearts and minds -- Everything Stalin wanted -- Facts on the ground -- What to do? -- Marshall comes close -- From hope to antagonism -- Epilogue: the tragedy of the Chinese Revolution. 520 Examines the first episode in which American power and good intentions came face-to-face with a powerful Asian revolutionary movement, and challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of modern Sino-American relations. As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China's Communist rebels--their soldiers treated their American counterparts as heroes, rescuing airmen shot down over enemy territory. Chinese leaders talked of a future in which American money and technology would help lift China out of poverty. Mao Zedong himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries, vowing to them his intention of establishing an American-style democracy in China. By year's end, however, cordiality had been replaced by chilly hostility and distrust. Chinese Communist soldiers were setting ambushes for American marines in north China; Communist newspapers were portraying the United States as an implacable imperialist enemy; civil war in China was erupting. The pattern was set for a quarter century of almost total Sino-American mistrust, with the devastating wars in Korea and Vietnam among the consequences. Richard Bernstein here tells the incredible story of that year's sea change, brilliantly analyzing its many components, from ferocious infighting among U.S. diplomats, military leaders, and opinion makers to the complex relations between Mao and his patron, Stalin.--From publisher description. 651 0 United States |xForeign relations |zChina. |=^A24532 651 0 China |xForeign relations |zUnited States. |=^A24533 651 0 China |xHistory |yRepublic, 1912-1949. |=^A19485 651 0 Taiwan |xHistory |y1945- |=^A145130 600 10 Mao, Zedong, |d1893-1976. |=^A478215 600 10 Chiang, Kai-shek, |d1887-1975. |=^A83098 600 17 Chiang, Kai-shek, |d1887-1975. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00054695 |?UNAUTHORIZED 600 17 Mao, Zedong, |d1893-1976. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00028307 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 Since 1912 |2fast 650 7 Diplomatic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01907412 651 7 China. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206073 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 Taiwan. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01207854 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 949 |i30372016595248 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s30.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 3755373