Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Romanization xiii
6. Prologue 1
7. I Revolution
8. 1. A Neo-Confucian Youth 7
9. 2 The Northern Expedition and Civil War 49
10. 3 The Nanking Decade 97
11. II War of resistance
12. 4 The Long War Begins 141
13. 5 Chiang and His American Allies 194
14. 6 The China Theater 245
15. 7 Yalta, Manchuria, and Postwar Strategy 296
16. III Civil war
17. 8 Chimera of Victory 339
18. 9 The Great Failure 378
19. IV The island
20. 10 Streams in the Desert 411
21. 11 Managing the Protector 454
22. 12 Shifting Dynamics 503
23. 13 Nixon and the Last Years 547
24. Epilogue 589
25. Notes 597
26. Index 699