1. Home
  3. International Relations
  5. The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

Paperback

$18.95
$18.95
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Items available in store will have a number before "in stock"

Availability: Out of stock
SKU: 9780393356861
Collections:
Ingram Content GroupRealities of American Foreign Policy
Realities of American Foreign Policy by Kennan, George F.
A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order by Haass, Richard
Ingram Content GroupA World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 by Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel
$18.95
$18.95

At the end of World War II, General George Marshall took on what he thought was a final mission--this time not to win a war, but to stop one. In China, conflict between Communists and Nationalists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. Marshall's charge was to cross the Pacific, broker a peace, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. At first, the results seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice--one that would alter the course of the Cold War, define the US-China relationship, and spark one of the darkest-ever turns in American political life.

The China Mission offers a gripping, close-up view of the central figures of the time--from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang Kai-shek to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur--as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today.



Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780393356861

About the Author
Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel: - Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is the executive editor of Foreign Affairs. He previously served in the US State Department as a member of the secretary of state's Policy Planning Staff. His reportage and analysis have appeared in publications including the New York Times and The New Yorker.