List of principal characters -- 1866-1900 -- 1894-1927 -- 1928-1936 -- 1937-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1945 -- 1945-1949 -- 1949-1975 -- 1975-2003
Summary
With the powerful Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, the story of the founding of modern China ranges from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taiwan
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-761) and index
