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Hardcover A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 Book

ISBN: 0307887235

ISBN13: 9780307887238

A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949

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New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - Winner of the 2018 Truman Book Award A gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Overly simpathetic depiction of Mao

I'm reading this in conjunction with Jung Chang's bio of Mao and finding it hard to reconcile them. The Chang book goes into much more detail and paints a devistating picture of Mao. This book makes him seem much more appealing.
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