A new social history of China's Civil War, 1945-9, which brought dramatic political and social revolution to China.

The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Many millions of people lost their lives. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945_1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first a

"Though the book highlights the military aspects of the war, it also shows how these took place alongside profound changes in Chinese politics, society, and cul

An Economist Best Book of 2018 New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick “Gripping [and] splendid.… An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marsha