A review by wolvereader
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Barbara W. Tuchman, John King Fairbank

4.0

Barbara Tuchman relies on General Stilwell's extensive journals and private correspondence to provide an in-depth look at the complicated and frustrating relationship between the US and the Chinese Nationalists during WWII. Tuchman's narrative style humanizes "Vinegar Joe" and makes the case that the US squandered one of its best generals on an ultimately impossible battle of wills with Chiang Kai-Shek.

For fans of WWII or fans of modern Chinese history.