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...William W. Whitson The Comintern and the Chinese Communists, 1928–1931 . By Richard C. Thornton . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 1969 . xviii, 226 pp. Bibliography, Index. $9.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970 1970 BOOK REVIEWS 179 ments...

...Harvey Nelsen The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics 1927–1971. . By William W. Whitson with Hiang Chen-hsia . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1973 . XXV, 557 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index. $25.00 (clothbound). “The Case Against...

... Military Politics 1927-1971. BY WILLIAM W. WHITSON WITH HUANG CHEN-HSIA. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. XXV, 557 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index. $25.00 (clothbound). ness. Aside from problems in the overall organization, the book also needed more careful editing. For example...

... Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970 1970 Military Campaigns in China: 1924–1950 . Translated by W. W. Whitson , Patrick Yang , Paul Lai . Taipei , Republic of China, War History Bureau. Ministry of National Defense , 1966 . n.p. 744 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... chronology are appended. A particularly noteworthy contribution by William Whitson examines the role of People's Liberation Army leaders in policy making; he concludes that in moments of national crisis the professional view has consistently prevailed against the Maoist ethic and that, given...

... of Chinese thought. Military Campaigns in China: 1924-1950. TRANSLATED BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK YANO, PAUL LAI. Taipei, Republic of China, War History Bureau. Ministry of National Defense, 1966. n.p. The student of Nationalist China should run not walk to consult a copy of this history of the miltary...

..., knowledge. All in all, Professor Chan's work represents one of the more admirable and enduring guides for Western students of Chinese thought. Military Campaigns in China: 1924-1950. TRANSLATED BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK YANO, PAUL LAI. Taipei, Republic of China, War History Bureau. Ministry of National...

... on certain questions like human nature, history, humanity, knowledge. All in all, Professor Chan's work represents one of the more admirable and enduring guides for Western students of Chinese thought. Military Campaigns in China: 1924-1950. TRANSLATED BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK YANO, PAUL LAI. Taipei...

... BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK YANO, PAUL LAI. Taipei, Republic of China, War History Bureau. Ministry of National Defense, 1966. n.p. The student of Nationalist China should run not walk to consult a copy of this history of the miltary campaigns that marked, if not made, the rise and fall of the KMT. Each...

...-Fairbank and Tso-liang Hsiao collections and in the work of Warren Kuo, the documents of the later period may prove of greatest interest to scholars. There, for example, materials on the Eighth Route Army and the War of Resistance document the continuing contradictions (noted earlier by William Whitson...

... organizations, regardless of who occupies the positions" (p. xviii). Within his established limits, he succeeds admirably. The strength of the study lies in its description and analysis of China's military capabilities. In contrast to such works as William Whitson's The Chinese High Command (1973...

..." but never defines the term. Perhaps we may assume he follows Whitson's definition. He applies the term "coup" indiscriminately. He asserts that P'eng always believed military training "should never be reduced in favor of political indoctrination [and] that professional commanders would have to take priority...

... received little media attention since late 1981. This is strong evidence, in my opinion, that "PLA opposition to Teng" was mainly overcome by then. I have some minor complaints. Domes often refers to P'eng's "military ethics" but never defines the term. Perhaps we may assume he follows Whitson's definition...

... to read this new study of an old subject. WILLIAM W. WHITSON RAND Corporation The Kuomintang: Selected Historical Documents, 1894-1969. BY MILTON J. T. SHIEH. Jamaica, N. Y.: St. John's University Press, 1970. xxii, 406 pp. Glossary, Index. $10.00. The Kuomintang (the Chinese Nationalists Party) has been...

... kenheim, Teiwes, Whitson, Nelsen, and Parish), This is a hardcover reissue of a special num- as China scholars have realized the inadequacies ber, devoted to art, of the journal Renditions of a central-monolithic paradigm of Chinese (No. 6, Spring 1976). The attractively ambigu- politics...

...). $15.00 kenheim, Teiwes, Whitson, Nelsen, and Parish), This is a hardcover reissue of a special num- as China scholars have realized the inadequacies ber, devoted to art, of the journal Renditions of a central-monolithic paradigm of Chinese (No. 6, Spring 1976). The attractively ambigu- politics...

..., humanity, knowledge. All in all, Professor Chan's work represents one of the more admirable and enduring guides for Western students of Chinese thought. Military Campaigns in China: 1924-1950. TRANSLATED BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK YANO, PAUL LAI. Taipei, Republic of China, War History Bureau. Ministry...

... philosophers have had to say on certain questions like human nature, history, humanity, knowledge. All in all, Professor Chan's work represents one of the more admirable and enduring guides for Western students of Chinese thought. Military Campaigns in China: 1924-1950. TRANSLATED BY W. W. WHITSON, PATRICK...

... of Resistance document the continuing contradictions (noted earlier by William Whitson and Huang Chen-hsia) between Mao and leading military figures over strategy and tactics, through and beyond the ill-fated "Hundred Regiments" campaign of 1940. Most disappointing, on the other hand, is the very brief...

... contribution by William Whitson examines the role of People's Liberation Army leaders in policy making; he concludes that in moments of national crisis the professional view has consistently prevailed against the Maoist ethic and that, given the administrative changes wrought by ...