Chiang Kai-shek's Politics of Shame. Leadership, Legacy, and National Identity in China, Paperback - Grace C. Huang

Grace C. Huang reconsiders Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and legacy in an intriguing new portrait of this twentieth-century leader. Comparing his re...

Grace C. Huang reconsiders Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and legacy in an intriguing new portrait of this twentieth-century leader. Comparing his re...

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