Counterrevolution in China: Wang Sheng and the KuomintangThis ground-breaking book spans 60 years of modern Chinese history from the much neglected non-communist perspective. Concentrating on Wang Sheng's career in relation to Chiang Kai-Shek's extraordinary son Chiang Ching-Kuo, it shows that the KMT were perfecting the methods that were to make Taiwan an East Asian Tiger' economy at the very point that they lost' the mainland. The book also provides a fascinating insight into Taiwan's efforts to aid South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1960 as the Indochina war unfolded. |
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1993 in Asunción 1993 in Taipei 28 July Affairs American Asian Asunción became Cambodia Central Cadre Academy Chang Ya-juo Chen Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Kai-shek China Qtly China Quarterly Ching-kuo and Wang Chongqing course defense Director discussion Eastman economic effort Free China Review Fu Hsing Kang Gannan Ganzhou Garrison Command GPWD Heinlein Hu Hsiang-li Ibid individuals Institute Insurgency Interview with Wang Japanese Jiangxi July Kung Chiu-chuan Kuomintang Liu Shao Kang Lon Nol Longnan mainland military mission mobilization Modern China Nanjing National Nationalist organization Paraguay Paraguayan party personnel Policy Political Officers Political Warfare system position President Press Republic of China revolution revolutionary role San Min Chu-i Shanghai society Soong Soviet staff Standing Committee strategic Stroessner structure Studies Sun Yat-sen Taiwan units University Vietnam Vietnamese Wang Sheng Youth Army Youth Corps Yu Kuang