TY - BOOK ID - 8831272 TI - The generalissimo : Chiang Kai-shek and the struggle for modern China. PY - 2009 SN - 9780674033382 PB - Cambridge Belknap press of Harvard university press DB - UniCat KW - Presidents KW - Chiang, Kai-shek, KW - China KW - Taiwan KW - History KW - S05/0223 KW - S04/0790 KW - S06/0300 KW - China: Biographies and memoirs--Jiang Jieshi, Chiang Kai-shek KW - China: History--20th century, general: China KW - China: Politics and government--Guomindang, Kuomintang (incl. ideology) KW - Jiang, Jieshi, KW - Jiang, Jie-shi, KW - Jiangjieshi, KW - Jian, Jieshe, KW - Chiang, Chieh-shih, KW - Ciang, Caiscek, KW - Tschiang, Kaischek, KW - Chan, Kaĭshi, KW - Shō, Kaiseki, KW - Chang, Kae-sŏk, KW - Tưởng, Giới Thạch, KW - Chang, Kai-scek, KW - 蒋介石, KW - 蔣介石, KW - Jiang, Ruiyuan, KW - Chiang, Jui-yüan, KW - 蒋瑞元, KW - Jiang, Zhoutai, KW - Chiang, Chou-tʻai, KW - 蔣周泰, KW - Jiang, Zhiqing, KW - Chiang, Chih-chʻing, KW - 蒋志清, KW - Jiang, Zhongzheng, KW - Chiang, Chung-cheng, KW - 蒋中正, KW - 蔣中正, KW - Kaischek, Tschiang, KW - Tchiang, Kai-chek KW - Jiang, Jieshi UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8831272 AB - Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong, he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his "white terror," controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. --from publisher description ER -