Books on the Chinese Civil War

[jetsetter]

I have been looking for books that cover the Chinese Civil War in its totality from the late 20s to the 50s. So far with the exception of a few Osprey titles I have had little luck. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

[Ordie]

Try these places:

http://www.chinabooks.com/cart/home.php

http://www.yelp.com/biz/kinokuniya-bookstore-san-francisco

http://www.powells.com/

[gaijinsamurai]

Jung Chang's "Mao, The Unknown Story" gives a good overview,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3643215/The-long-march-to-mass-murder.html

[Cipher]

Not about the Chinese Civil War, but "Son of The Revolution", by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro is a good book about growing up during the Cultural Revolution.

[gaijinsamurai]

^
I read that. Good book. I really felt for the guy. Especially when his parents divorced, just so one of them could have a shot at Party membership.

[Cipher]

^
I read that. Good book. I really felt for the guy. Especially when his parents divorced, just so one of them could have a shot at Party membership.
Yeah, it was probably one of the best books I've read this year. I originally asked my grandmother about life during the Cultural Revolution, but she did not want to talk about it, so I talked to my professor and she recommended the book to me.

[gaijinsamurai]

Jung Chang's "Wild Swans" is another good book about the life of one family during the Cultural Revolution.

There's another book called something like "Life and Death in Shanghai", and I don't recall the author's name, that is good.

[china_police]

If you can read Chinese there shouble be a lot of materials available.

[matthew.manhorn]

If you can read Chinese there shouble be a lot of materials available.

Ironically, western sources tend to be the most objective ones regarding the Chinese civil war given that Taiwanese sources usually have a pro-KMT bias whilst the Chinese sources are pro communist.