"The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China's Civil War," by Parks Coble, has been published by Cambridge University Press.
Coble is James L. Sellers Professor in the Department of History whose research field is 20th century China with an emphasis on the political history of Republican China (1911-1949), the history of Chinese business in the 20th century, and Sino-Japanese interactions.
From the publisher:
"When World War II ended Chiang Kai-shek seemed at the height of his power: the leader of Nationalist China, one of the victorious Allied Powers in 1945 and with the financial backing of the US. Yet less than four years later, he lost China's civil war against the communists. Offering an insightful chronological treatment of the years 1944–1949, Parks Coble addresses why Chiang was unable to win the war and control hyperinflation. Using newly available archival sources, he reveals the critical weakness of Chiang's style of governing, the fundamental structural flaws in the Nationalist government, bitter personal rivalries and Chiang's personal lack of interest in finance. This major work of revisionist scholarship will engage all those interested in the shaping of twentieth-century history."
