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April 12, 2021 | History

Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45

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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 is a work of history written by Barbara W. Tuchman and published in 1971 by Macmillan Publishers. It won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book was republished in 2001 by Grove Press It was also published under the title Sand Against the Wind: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 by Macmillan Publishers in 1970.

Using the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache to China in 1935 to 1939 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942 to 1944, this book explores the history of China from the Revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China's Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents.

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Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
621

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Cover of: Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-1945
Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-1945
2001, Phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45
Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45
2001, Grove Press
in English - 1st Grove Press ed.
Cover of: Sand Against the Wind
Sand Against the Wind
October 24, 1991, Papermac
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Sand gegen den Wind
Sand gegen den Wind: General Stilwell und die amerikanische Politik in China 1911–1945
1988, Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag
Paperback in German - Ungekürzte Ausg.
Cover of: Stilwell and the American
Stilwell and the American
1980, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: Stilwell And the American Experience in China 1911-45
Stilwell And the American Experience in China 1911-45
1978, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: Sand gegen den Wind
Sand gegen den Wind: Amerika und China 1911–1945
1973, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt
Hardcover in German
Cover of: Sand Against the Wind
Sand Against the Wind
October 21, 1971, Macmillan
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Cover of: Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45
Cover of: Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 541-552.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
951.04/2/0924, B
Library of Congress
E745.S68 T8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 621 p.
Number of pages
621

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4576828M
Internet Archive
stilwellamerican00tuch
LCCN
77135647
Library Thing
13712

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