The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China | 誠品線上

蔣介石與現代中國的奮鬥

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內容簡介 One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China�s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression.In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong�his archrival for leadership of China�he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his �white terror,� controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan�s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization.Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang�s diaries, The Generalissimo provides the most lively, sweeping, and objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted, active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is excelled by few, if any, in modern history. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang�s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan. One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China�s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story.

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各界推薦 「陶涵拿新史料為基礎，以全新觀點詮釋蔣介石不凡、長壽的一生，並且對蔣的動機和行為提出具爭議但讓人信服的新解讀。此一生動活現的論述，將會成為一本經久不衰的權威之作。」－－美國哥倫比亞大學政治學教授、《蛻變中的中國》作者／黎安友（Andrew J. Nathan） 「透過蔣介石日記的慎選引用，陶涵成功表露蔣介石的個人特質。陶涵拒絕一般認為這些日記不值一晒，毫無歷史旨趣的想法，相反的，日記引文搭配上重大政治、軍事局勢的生動細述，他讓我們更貼近這些還在成形的思考。因此某種程度上，陶涵在蔣介石與他置身的世界之間建構了更具個人感性的連結。 」－－耶魯大學歷史系教授史景遷（Johnathan D. Spence） 紐約時報書評 「這本由哈佛大學出版、陶涵執筆的迷人傳記讓我們看到，過去對蔣介石和國共內戰的傳統觀點是扭曲不實的。這是第一本充分運用蔣家檔案的蔣傳，其中包括蔣的親筆日記。書中呈現的是一個微妙有遠見的思想家，而不是美國將軍史迪威口中的「花生米」。」－－《經濟學人》 「陶涵並未隱藏蔣的殘暴和外交上的失敗，他尊敬蔣介石是因為意識到，蔣以合理的手段統治一個幾乎無法被駕馭的國家，而且比起那些美國顧問，蔣更瞭解他的敵人們。」－－《出版人週刊》 「陶涵在他的新書中陳述，蔣介石非但不是無能，反而是有遠見、訓練有素且精明的策略家。他不僅精準預測了許多政治事件，更將手中的劣牌發揮至極致。」－－《華盛頓郵報》

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