Goldston, Robert C

Briefly traces China's long history; surveys nineteenth-century China, describing traditional customs, manners, and the influence of European and American imperialism; and examines the rise of Red China, including the Warlord Era, the lives and works of Sun Yat-sen, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Kuomintang and Communist Parties, incidents and impact of the Second World War, and communist China today.

Outlines the causes of the revolution, discusses agents and leaders who vied for state power, and the eventual political solution.

Traces the 170 year career of one of the best known ships of the United States Navy, concentrating on her campaigns against Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean and against the British during the War of 1812.

A detailed account of three years of intellectual, political, and emotional conflict between Loyalist Republicans and Royalist Fascists in Spain which proved to be a practice field for World War II.

Traces the social and economic differences between the North and South that eventually led to the Civil War.

Traces the 170 year career of one of the best known ships of the United States Navy, concentrating on her campaigns against Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean and against the British during the War of 1812.

A detailed account of three years of intellectual, political, and emotional conflict between Loyalist Republicans and Royalist Fascists in Spain which proved to be a practice field for World War II.