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'''Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45''' written by [[Barbara Tuchman|Barbara Wertheim Tuchman]] and published in 1971 by [[Macmillan Publishers]]<ref Name="Tuchman">{{cite book | last =Tuchman | first =Barbara Wertheim | title =Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | publisher =Macmillan | date =1971 | location = | pages = | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=umwVAAAACAAJ&dq=%22stilwell+and+the+american+experience+in+china%22&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 | doi = | id = ISBN 0026202905 }}</ref> it won the 1972 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction]].<ref Name="Pulitzer">{{cite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-28 }}</ref>
'''Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45''' written by [[Barbara Tuchman|Barbara Wertheim Tuchman]] and published in 1971 by [[Macmillan Publishers]]<ref Name="Tuchman">{{cite book | last =Tuchman | first =Barbara Wertheim | title =Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | publisher =Macmillan | date =1971 | location = | pages = | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=umwVAAAACAAJ&dq=%22stilwell+and+the+american+experience+in+china%22&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 | doi = | id = ISBN 0026202905 }}</ref> it won the 1972 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction]].<ref Name="Pulitzer">{{cite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-28 }}</ref> The book was republished in 2001 by [[Grove Press]]<ref Name="GroveAtlantic">{{cite web
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Using the life of [[Joseph Stilwell]], the military attache to [[China]] in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44, this book explores the history of China from the [[Xinhai Revolution|Revolution of 1911]] to the turmoil of [[World War II]], when China’s Nationalist government faced attack from both [[Japan|Japanese]] invaders and [[Communist insurgents]]. <ref Name="GroveAtlantic"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:44, 1 March 2008

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 written by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman and published in 1971 by Macmillan Publishers[1] it won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.[2] The book was republished in 2001 by Grove Press[3]

Using the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache to China in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44, 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. [3]

References

  1. ^ Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (1971). Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45. Macmillan. ISBN 0026202905.
  2. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  3. ^ a b "Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45" (web). by Barbara W. Tuchman ISBN: 0-8021-3852-7 / ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3852-1. GroveAtlantic.com. 2001. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
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