Title A force so swift : Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949 / Kevin Peraino.

Publication Info.	New York : Crown, [2017]
	©2017

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Granby, Main Library - Adult	327.73 PER	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	327.73051 PERAINO	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	327.7305 PERAINO	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-357) and index.
Contents	Prologue -- Missimo -- The greatest force -- The old devils -- Bedbugs -- The dean -- All the aces -- Riverdale -- Wait, look, see -- A new world -- Heaven and hell -- A vast and delicate enterprise -- Neverland -- Heat -- Killing the tiger -- The great crescent -- Firecracker -- No devil shall escape -- Dig up the dirt -- First lightning -- Risky business -- The voice -- Through a glass, darkly -- A rather spectacular triumph -- A force so swift -- Epilogue, the mills of the gods.
Summary	"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map."--Provided by publisher.
Subject	United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
	China -- Politics and government -- 1937-1945.
	Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975.
	China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
	Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
	Taiwan. (OCoLC)fst01207854
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1937-1975
Subject	HISTORY / Asia / China.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
Added Title	Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949
ISBN	9780307887238 (hardcover)
	0307887235 (hardcover)

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