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Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography

Obrazy
Autor
Gao Wenqian
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2007
Table of Contents

Introduction . . ix
1 The Kiss of Death . . 1
2 The Making of a Revolutionary . . 21
3 A Young Communist in Europe . . 39
4 Building the Infrastructure of Revolution . . 49
5 Birds of a Different Feather . . 63
6 A Rising Star . . 75
7 Trapping the "Chinese Khrushchev" . . 89
8 "Preparing to Take the Test" . . 105
9 "A Man of Both Sides" . . 131
10 A Whirlpool of Absurdity . . 149
11 No Exit . . 165
12 Heir Pre-emptive . . 183
13 Night Flight . . 201
14 Whither China's Future? . . 229
15 Long Knives . . 237
16 From Duet to Duel . . 249
17 Sick-Bed Politics . . 263
18 The Final Battle . . 275

Epilogue: More Power in Death than Life . . 305
Author's Note . . 311
Translators' Note . . 316
Acknowledgments . . 318
List of Sources . . 319
Index . . 331

China hands : nine decades of adventure, espionage, and diplomacy in Asia

Obrazy
Autor
James Lilley with Jeffrey Lilley
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2004
Table of Contents

Note to the Reader . . vii
Map: China and Its Neighbors . . viii-ix
Prologue . . xi

PART I - GROWING UP, 1916-1947
1 "Where the Daisies Cover the Country Land" . . 3
2 Only a Memory . . 24
3 Americanization . . 35
4 An Anguished Cry . . 47

PART II - INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN ACTION, 1948-1968
5 A Ready Recruit . . 65
6 A Covert Foot Soldier . . 77
7 On the Edge of Conflict . . 97
8 Running the Secret War . . 106
9 Of Coups, Floods, and Failures . . 119

PART III - CHINA OPENS UP, 1969-1981
10 Reading the Tea Leaves . . 135
11 Breaking Down Walls . . 152
12 Kissinger's Man in China . . 169
13 Good Fortune . . 196
14 Riding a Wave . . 213

PART IV - DIPLOMAT IN ACTION, 1982-1991
15 Righting the Balance . . 227
16 The Golden Years . . 249
17 Pushing for Change . . 264
18 "Through the Blur of Our Tears" . . 282
19 Stepping on a Volcano . . 297
20 Small Victories . . 335

Epilogue . . 373
Acknowledgments . . 383
Notes  . 385
Bibliography . . 402
Index . . 406

Magnificent delusions : Pakistan, the United States, and an epic history of misunderstanding

Obrazy
Autor
Husain Haqqani
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2013
Table of Contents

Introduction . . 1
Chapter One: False Start . . 8
Chapter Two: Aid, Arms, and Bases . . 56
Chapter Three: A Split and a Tilt . . 123
Chapter Four: Picking Up the Pieces . . 171
Chapter Five: A Most Superb and Patriotic Liar . . 225
Chapter Six: Denial and Double Game . . 271
Chapter Seven: Parallel Universes . . 317

Notes . . 351
Acknowledgments . . 387
Index . . 389
About the Author . . 415