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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
Contributors:
By (Author) James Bradley
Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:
Back Bay Books
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
History of the Americas
International relations
Political science and theory
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
432
Dimensions:
Width 138mm, Height 208mm, Spine 29mm
Weight:
430g
Description
James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans--including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano--who in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. Meanwhile, American missionaries sought a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to Westernise.
The media propagated this mirage, and FDR believed that supporting Chiang Kai-shek would make China America's best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his way out and when Mao Zedong instead came to power, Americans were shocked, wondering how we had "lost China."From the 1850s to the origins of the Vietnam War, Bradley reveals how American misconceptions about China have distorted our policies and led to the avoidable deaths of millions. THE CHINA MIRAGE dynamically explores the troubled history that still defines U.S.-Chinese relations today.Author Bio
James Bradley is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Imperial Cruise, Flyboys, and Flags of Our Fathers, and a son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
