Unfinished Revolution - Sun Yat-Sen and the Struggle for Modern ChinaPevná vazba
Unfinished Revolution - Sun Yat-Sen and the Struggle for Modern ChinaPevná vazba The Unfinished Revolution is a superb new biography of Sun Yat-sen, whose life, like the confusion of his time, is not…
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Unfinished Revolution - Sun Yat-Sen and the Struggle for Modern ChinaPevná vazba
The Unfinished Revolution is a superb new biography of Sun Yat-sen, whose life, like the confusion of his time, is not easy to interpret. Today he is the only 20th-century Chinese leader to be widely revered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. His political career was marked mostly by setbacks, yet he became a cult figure in China after his death.
This book presents the most balanced account of Sun to date, one that situates him within the historical events and intellectual climate of his time. In contrast, many Western historians see little in his ideas or deeds to warrant such high esteem. Born in the shadow of the Opium War, the young Sun saw China repeatedly humiliated in clashes with foreign powers, resulting in the loss of territory and sovereignty.
When his efforts to petition the decrepit Manchu court to institute reforms failed, Sun took to revolution. Sun traversed the globe