Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War

Pak-Wah Leung

Scarecrow Press, 2002 - History - 191 pages

Leung (Asian studies, Seton Hall U.) has been studying China for some three decades. Covering the period between 1921 and 1949, his scholarly resource text includes an introduction which places the war in context and identifies the major events, which are presented in greater detail in an extensive chronology. These are followed by the dictionary itself, with entries for the key players on both sides, the political parties and other institutions, major campaigns and battles, and outsiders intervening in support of one side or the other. While emphasis is on the past, the entries also help explain the ongoing effects on the present and the future. The text also includes a selective bibliography for further research. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the author

Edwin Pak-Wah Leung is Professor of Asian Studies and Director of Asian Studies Graduate Program, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. He is also Chairman of the New Jersey Cultural Studies Foundation.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War; Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest
• Author: Pak-Wah Leung
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2002
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 9, 2008
• ISBN: 0810844354, 9780810844353
• Length: 191 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / China; History / Asia / General; History / Reference