Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
- Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
"Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45" written by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman and published in 1971 by Macmillan Publishers[cite book | last =Tuchman | first =Barbara Wertheim | title =Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | publisher =Macmillan | date =1971 | location = | pages = | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=umwVAAAACAAJ&dq=%22stilwell+and+the+american+experience+in+china%22&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 | doi = | id = ISBN 0026202905 ] it won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.][cite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-28 ] The book was republished in 2001 by Grove Press][cite web | title =Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | work = by Barbara W. Tuchman ISBN 0-8021-3852-7 / ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3852-1 | publisher =GroveAtlantic.com | date =2001 | url =http://www.groveatlantic.com/grove/bin/wc.dll?groveproc~genauth~1693 | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-03-01 ] Also published under the title Sand Against the Wind: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Macmillan Publishers in 1970.][cite book | last =Tuchman | first =Barbara W. | title =Sand Against the Wind: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | publisher =Macmillan | date =1970 | location = | pages = | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=TPiQAAAACAAJ&dq=%22Sand+Against+the+Wind%22+%22Stilwell+and+the+American+Experience+in+China%22 | doi = | id = ISBN 0333131037 ] ]Using the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache to China in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44, this book explores the history of China from the Revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China’s Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents.
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