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Lost Chance in China: The World War II Despatches of John S. Service
by Service, John S., ed. by Joseph W. Esherick
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good, good
- ISBN 10
- 0394484363
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484365
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. good, good. 409, illus., endpaper maps, index, some edge soiling, stamp on bottom edge, some wear and soiling to DJ. From 1933 to 1945, John Service covered most of China as an officer in the U.S. State Department. While serving under General Joseph Stilwell in 1944, Service was attached to the American Military Observers Mission to Yenan, Mao's headquarters, and thereby became one of the first official Americans to have extensive direct contact with the Communists.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48036
- Title
- Lost Chance in China: The World War II Despatches of John S. Service
- Author
- Service, John S., ed. by Joseph W. Esherick
- Book Condition
- Used - good, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394484363
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484365
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- WWII, China, Joseph Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, State Department, Kuomintang, Sun Yat-sen
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