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Chińska wojna domowa 1946–1949 w zachodniej historiografi i
The Chinese Civil War of 1946–1949 in Western Historiography

Author(s): Jakub Polit
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: 20th-century history; China; Chinese Civil War of 1946–1949; historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The 1946–1949 Chinese Civil War was long considered a war in which communistpeasant guerillas defeated a US-backed army. From the 1980s, it became increasingly clearthat Mao Zedong’s forces were a professional military body equipped by the Soviet Union.

  • Issue Year: 56/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 105-130
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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