China Scapegoat: The Diplomatic Ordeal of John Carter Vincent
Washington, DC: New Republic Books, 1979. 370, illus., bibliography, notes, index, some weakness to rear bd, pp. 9-17 creased, some wear & small tears/chips to DJ edges. Introduction by John K. Fairbank. As a foreign service officer and adviser to two presidents, John Carter Vincent shaped American diplomacy with China for more than a quarter century. Then, after the "loss" of China in 1949, he was labeled a "spy, " a "Communist, " and a "traitor" and became the scapegoat for a vengeful nation. This biography won the Allan Nevins Prize in History from the Society of American Historians. Condition: good, good.
Keywords: John Carter Vincent, China Hands, Diplomacy, Foreign Service, Foreign Relations, China Civil War, Diplomats, Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang
ISBN: 0915220490
[Book #56711]
Price: $25.00