The Collapse of Nationalist China

‘… concise and engaging … of interest to professional historians and accessible to graduate and undergraduate students.’ Harold Tanner, The China Quarterly‘… [an] excellent treatment of the Chinese economy. Including this monograph in a graduate seminar on modern China would certainly generate lively and productive discussion among students.’ Linh D. Vu, Journal of Chinese History‘… a fair-minded and sensible account of Chiang, and a work of impressive scholarship using Chinese, Russian and English sources with skill.’ Rana Mitter, chinabooksreview.com‘This is a superb but depressing account of how Chiang Kai-shek and the Guomindang (GMD) government mishandled the economy following Japan’s defeat in WW II. … Recommended.’ P. Lorge, Choice‘A useful and significant contribution.’ Xavier Paulès, Cairn

Parks M. Coble is James L. Sellers Professor of History at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.