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040			_a1
041			_a0 eng
082			_a327.2092
082			_bO97-L36
100			_aLattimore, Owen
100			_d(1900-1989)
100			_eAuthor
245			_aChina memoirs
245			_bChiang Kai-shek and the war against Japan
245			_cOwen Lattimore
260			_aJapan
260			_bUniversity of Tokyo
260			_c1990
300			_a252tr.
300			_bHardcover
300			_c23cm
520			_aLattimore (1900-1989), the distinguished Orientalist who was ultimately cleared of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's charge that he was Russia's top espionage agent in the U.S., wrote a much-discussed book about his persecution, Ordeal By Slander (1950). Here he reminisces about his upbringing and education in China, his editorship of the Journal of Pacific Affairs, his role as personal adviser to Chiang Kai-shek during WW II, his tenures as deputy director of the Office of War Information and as director of the School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins. Without rancor, he discusses the professional experiences and writings that were distorted by McCarthy and the `China lobby` against him, including the accusation that he tried to influence U.S. public opinion against Chiang in favor of the Chinese Communists. In Lattimore's decidedly minority view, the Generalissimo was `a great man who did great things,` especially his role as a rallying point in the war against the Japanese. Compiled by Fujiko Isono from interviews, the memoir contributes to a deeper understanding of Chiang's complex relationship with the Communists during the period of the United Front, before the final phase of the Chinese civil war began.
650			_aDiplomats -- United States -- Biography
856	4		_uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/6/23/4308456._SY475_.jpg _yCover Image
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