{"product_id":"2026200009779-secondhand-the-china-tangle-the-american-effort-to-china-from-pearl-harbor-to-the-marshall-mission","title":"The China Tangle: The American Effort To China From Pearl Harbor To The Marshall Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of the Second World War and the dawn of the Cold War, the United States found itself ensnared in one of the most complex and consequential foreign policy challenges of the twentieth century — the effort to shape China's political destiny. The China Tangle chronicles the turbulent arc of American engagement with China, spanning from the shock of Pearl Harbor through the ill-fated Marshall Mission, laying bare the competing ambitions, diplomatic miscalculations, and wartime pressures that defined Washington's China policy. Herbert Feis reconstructs the agonising decisions made in the corridors of power as American officials attempted to navigate between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government and the rising Communist forces under Mao Zedong.\n\nDrawing on declassified documents and firsthand accounts, Feis — a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and former State Department adviser — brings unrivalled authority to this meticulously researched narrative. His measured yet incisive prose illuminates the structural tensions between military necessity and political idealism that plagued every American initiative. A masterwork of diplomatic history, The China Tangle leaves the reader asking one haunting question: could any outcome have been different?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130588438747,"sku":"2026200009779-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9e34439f-25b2-4380-9e6f-f5aac69084b6.png?v=1786586993","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009779-secondhand-the-china-tangle-the-american-effort-to-china-from-pearl-harbor-to-the-marshall-mission","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}