Chiang Kai-shek’s “secret deal” at Xian and the start of the Sino-Japanese War
(2015)
Journal Article
Using newly available archives, particularly the diary and the presidential papers of Chiang Kai-shek, this article challenges the conventional interpretations of the Xian Incident (1936), in particular the widely held belief that the kidnapping of C... Read More about Chiang Kai-shek’s “secret deal” at Xian and the start of the Sino-Japanese War.