Name: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady (in English)
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Author: Tyson Li, Laura
ISBN: 9780802143228

portada Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Laura Tyson Li

Publisher

Grove Press

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

576

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.5 x 3.1 cm

Weight

0.76 kg.

ISBN

0802143229

ISBN13

9780802143228

Edition No.

Synopsis "Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady (in English)"

Now in paperback, Madame Chiang Kai-shek is the first biography of one of history's most intriguing and controversial political figures. Beautiful, brilliant, and captivating, Madame Chiang Kai-shek seized unprecedented power during China's long and violent civil war. She passionately argued against Chinese Communism in the international arena and influenced decades of Sino-American relations and modern Chinese history. Raised in one of China's most powerful families and educated at Wellesley College, Soong Mayling went on to become wife, chief adviser, interpreter, and propagandist to Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. She sparred with international leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and impressed Westerners and Chinese alike with her acumen, charm, and glamour. But she was also decried as a manipulative "Dragon Lady," and despised for living in American-style splendor while Chinese citizens suffered under her husband's brutal oppression. The result of years of extensive research in the United States and abroad, and written with access to previously classified CIA and diplomatic files, Madame Chiang Kai-shek objectively evaluates one of the most powerful and fascinating women of the twentieth century.