Introduction / Emily M. Hill
1 National Unification during the 1930s / Luo Min
2 Chiang’s Response to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident / Sherman Xiaogang Lai and Emily M. Hill
3 A Failed Reconciliation: Chiang Kai-shek’s Proposals to Merge the GMD and the CCP / Yang Tianshi
4 The Stilwell Affair / Steve Tsang
5 “Drinking Icy Water in Winter”: Deciding on War in 1946 / Emily M. Hill and Xiaogang Lai
6 Diplomat-in-Chief: Visits to the Philippines and Korea in 1949 / Lü Fang-shang
7 “I Shall Rise Again”: Return to the Presidency in 1950 / Chen Hongmin
Conclusion: Assessment of Chiang Kai-shek / Emily M. Hill
Appendix 1: The Republic of China, 1911–54
Appendix 2: China’s Government and Political System, 1927–49
Appendix 3: Biographical Sketches
Selected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
