Sand Against The Wind: Stilwell & The American Experience In China 1911-45
by Tuchman, Barbara
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Macmillan, London 1970. 24.0 x 16.0cms, 622pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This book traces America's involvement with China from the fall of the Manchu dynasty to the rise of Mao Tse-tung. It is the story of Vinegar Joe Stilwell who first visited China during the 1911 Revolution, who undertook tours of duty in Peking & Tienstin and returned as America's commander in the China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Sand Against The Wind: Stilwell & The American Experience In China 1911-45
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan, London 1970
- Keywords
- imperialism foreign affairs communists, foreign policy joseph roosevelt chiang Kai-shek
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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