China's Civil War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107678262)

China's Civil War is the first book of its kind to offer a social history in English of the Civil War in 1945-9 that brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Integrating history and memory, it surveys a period of intense upheaval and chaos to show how the Communist Party and its armies succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China. Drawing from a collection of biographies, memoirs, illustrations and oral histories, Diana Lary gives a voice to those who experienced the war first-hand, exemplifying the direct effects of warfare - the separations and divisions, the exiles and losses, and the social upheaval that resulted from the conflict. Lary explores the long-term impact on Chinese societies on the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, which have all diverged far from pre-war Chinese society.

Author: Diana Lary
ISBN-10: 1107678269
ISBN-13: 9781107678262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2015
Pages: 293
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2015