The Sian Incident: A Pivotal Point in Modern Chinese History

by Tien-Wei Wu

When Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Sian in the fall of 1936 and laid plans for launching his last campaign against the Red Army with an expectation of exterminating it in a month, he badly misjudged the mood of the Tungpei (Northeast) Army and more so its leader, Chang Hsueh-liang, better known as the Young Marshal. Refusing to fight the Communists, Chang with the loyal support of his officers staged a coup d' tat by kidnapping Chiang Kai-shek for two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089264026X
• ISBN13: 9780892640263
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"