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Author Wu, Tien-wei

Title The Sian Incident : a pivotal point in modern Chinese history / by Tien-wei Wu
Published Ann Arbor : Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1976

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 285 p. )
Series Michigan papers in Chinese studies ; no. 26
Michigan papers in Chinese studies ; no. 26.
Contents I. Chang Hsüeh-liang and His Time -- The Young Marshal -- The Student Response -- A Nation in Awakening -- II. The United Front in the Northwest -- The CCP ""United Front"" Strategy -- The New Base for the Young Marshal -- III. The Champion of a Cause -- The Development of a Revolutionary Ideology -- Alienation from Nanking -- An Undependable Ally -- IV. An Inevitable Nemesis -- The Chang-Yang Union -- The Gathering Storm -- Chiang's Visits to Sian
The Layout of a Last Campaign -- V. The December 12th Coup d'Etat -- The Fateful Day -- Chiang in Captivity -- VI. Nanking: Divided in Intents and Policies -- Two Opposed Groups -- Donald, the Herald of Peace -- VII. The CCP Stance: A Triumph of Reason -- Chou En-lai's Mission to Sian -- Consistency in Policy -- VIII. Reaction of the Outside World -- Warlords on the Fence -- Public Opinion -- Reactions of Great Powers -- IX. Chiang's Release: The Success of Personal Diplomacy -- The Duo-Negotiators -- An Unwritten Agreement -- Christmas Day -- X.A Second Coup d'Etat -- A Recalcitrant Sian
The Rallying of Anti-Communist Forces -- The Negotiation Impasse -- The Tungkuan Conference and Its Aftermath -- The February Second Coup -- XI. The Close of An Era -- The Tungpei Army Disarmed -- The CCP Overture -- The KMT Third Plenum -- XII. Conclusion -- An Inevitable Course -- The Release of Chiang -- A Recalcitrant Sian -- The Capitulation of the CCP -- The Fate of the Young Marshal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 255-271
Notes Includes index
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Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Xi'an-Zwischenfall
SUBJECT China -- History -- Xi'an Incident, 1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024117
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024107
Subject China.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020715744
ISBN 9780472128143
0472128140
9780472902149
0472902148