{"product_id":"9780307743213","title":"China 1945: Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of 1945, relations between America and the Chinese Communists couldn’t have been closer. Chinese leaders talked of America helping to lift China out of poverty; Mao Zedong himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries. By year’s end, Chinese Communist soldiers were setting ambushes for American marines; official cordiality had been replaced by chilly hostility and distrust, a pattern which would continue for a quarter century, with the devastating wars in Korea and Vietnam among the consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChina 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Bernstein tells the incredible story of the sea change that took place during that year—brilliantly analyzing its far-reaching components and colorful characters, from diplomats John Paton Davies and John Stewart Service to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e journalist, Henry Luce; in addition to Mao and his intractable counterpart, Chiang Kai-shek, and the indispensable Zhou Enlai. A tour de force of narrative history, \u003ci\u003eChina 1945\u003c\/i\u003e examines American power coming face-to-face with a formidable Asian revolutionary movement, and challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of modern Sino-American relations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024141730032,"sku":"9780307743213","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307743213_p0.jpg?v=1763673341","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307743213","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}