The Last of the Whampoa Breed: Stories of the Chinese Diaspora
(Part of the Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan Series)
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Whampoa Military Academy was China's first modern military institution. For decades the "Spirit of Whampoa" was invoked as the highest praise to all Chinese soldiers who guarded their nation heroically. But of all the battles these soldiers have fought, the most challenging one was the civil war that resulted in the "great divide" of China in the mid-twentieth century. In 1949 the Communists exiled a million soldiers and their families to compounds...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231130023
ISBN13:9780231130028
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 8.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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