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The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China is a biography by Jay Taylor of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of China from the 1920s to his death in 1976. The book was published in 2009 by Harvard University Press and was widely reviewed. It received the 2010 Lionel Gelber Prize, awarded by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy for the best non-fiction book of the year on foreign affairs.[1]

Selected reviews

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  • Anderson, Perry (2012). "Sino-Americana. Review of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Vogel, E., on China by Kissinger, H. And the Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China by Taylor, J." London Review of Books [Online]. 34 (3): 20–22.
  • Buck, David D. (2010). "Jay Taylor Finds Rehabilitating Chiang Kai-Shek's Reputation No Small Task". China Review International. 17 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1353/cri.2010.0011. JSTOR 23734344.

References

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Taylor, Jay (2009). The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674033382.

References

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  1. ^ "The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China". The Lionel Gelber Prize - The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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