A Brief History of the Chinese National Revolutionary Forces
Author: Hu Pu-yu
Publishing Company: Chung Wu Publishing Co.
Printing Company: China Printing, LTD.
Year: Issued 1971; this is the 1973 second printing
Hardcover
Pages: 304
The relegation of the Nationalist Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek to Formosa [Taiwan] concluded the active military phase of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. From that moment the indirect struggle to control the narrative history of the war began. This book, published less than 25 years later, is a summary of the Nationalist war history, clearly targeted for the foreign audience given its publication in English. Is it true? It hardly matters. All peoples create a national story and a national mythology, and the people of Taiwan have theirs. It is effective, whatever the accuracy of individual works, for they remain a tough, vigilant, terrifically hard-working society.
Very good condition. Has a tear and some chips in the dust jacket. A prior owner has crimped his bookplate info into the title page. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition.
Author: Hu Pu-yu
Publishing Company: Chung Wu Publishing Co.
Printing Company: China Printing, LTD.
Year: Issued 1971; this is the 1973 second printing
Hardcover
Pages: 304
The relegation of the Nationalist Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek to Formosa [Taiwan] concluded the active military phase of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. From that moment the indirect struggle to control the narrative history of the war began. This book, published less than 25 years later, is a summary of the Nationalist war history, clearly targeted for the foreign audience given its publication in English. Is it true? It hardly matters. All peoples create a national story and a national mythology, and the people of Taiwan have theirs. It is effective, whatever the accuracy of individual works, for they remain a tough, vigilant, terrifically hard-working society.
Very good condition. Has a tear and some chips in the dust jacket. A prior owner has crimped his bookplate info into the title page. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition.
Author: Hu Pu-yu
Publishing Company: Chung Wu Publishing Co.
Printing Company: China Printing, LTD.
Year: Issued 1971; this is the 1973 second printing
Hardcover
Pages: 304
The relegation of the Nationalist Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek to Formosa [Taiwan] concluded the active military phase of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. From that moment the indirect struggle to control the narrative history of the war began. This book, published less than 25 years later, is a summary of the Nationalist war history, clearly targeted for the foreign audience given its publication in English. Is it true? It hardly matters. All peoples create a national story and a national mythology, and the people of Taiwan have theirs. It is effective, whatever the accuracy of individual works, for they remain a tough, vigilant, terrifically hard-working society.
Very good condition. Has a tear and some chips in the dust jacket. A prior owner has crimped his bookplate info into the title page. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition.