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...face of the Japanese pounding, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told his people: "Show your dauntless spirit in this crucial hour. . . . China's sons will soon be avenged...
Fifteen months after the Japanese invaded China, Chiang Kai-shek told his nation: "Future historians will, I believe, regard our war of resistance as the most significant event in this period of world history, since by our enormous sacrifices we are contributing not only to the good of the Chinese nation but also to the welfare of all mankind. ... If we succeed, we shall not only be able to build a new China but we shall also contribute immeasurably to the peace of the world...
This ambitious remark is from one of Chiang Kai-shek's war messages (October 1938 to January 1940) published by Chungking's China Publishing Co. Though strictly official, this book tells more that needed to be known about China than a thousand travelers' tales. It includes Chiang's letters, broadcasts, telegrams...
There has been plenty to read about China and Chiang Kai-shek in the past. But much of it has come via leftist pipelines. Typical are books like Edgar Snow's Red Star Over China (TIME, Jan. 10, 1938) ; Agnes Smedley's China's Red Army Marches; Andpe Malraux's Man's Fate, in which Chiang's officers are shown parboiling live Communists in a locomotive boiler. Some of these writers have suggested that China's Red Army, by superior organization, popularity, and whirlwind guerrilla tactics, has been the major factor in keeping...
...ever-present threat to Chiang Kai-shek's government...