TY  - BOOK
AU  - Durschmied,Erik
TI  - Beware the dragon : China--a thousand years of bloodshed
SN  - 9780233002316 (hbk.)
U1  - 951 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Andre Deutsch
KW  - China
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Act One: 1218-1348: Thunder from the East
1. A Wolf's Rage
2. The Savage Chevauchee
3. The Battle of Nations at Liegnitz
4. Last Exit to Hell
5. The Divine Miracle
6. The Cult of Blind Terror
7. The Flaming End of 1,001 Nights
8. The Turn of the Tide
Chronicle: 1348: The Yellow Scourge
Act Two: 1554—1911: Gunboat Diplomacy
1. A Fleet of Monstrous Dragons
2. Devils Knocking at the Door
3. The Lin Zexu Memorandum
4. The Pearl River Grouse Shoot
5. Tiger Day, Tiger Hour
6. The House of a Thousand Blossoms
7. The Taiping Madness
8. The Ever-Victorious Army
9. A Legion's Stand
10. The Big Land Grab
11. Burn! Burn! Burn! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Chronicle: 1911: The King is Dead!
Act Three: 1911-1949: A Crack of Doom
1. Watershed
2. Saturday, Bloody Saturday
3. The Rape of Nanjing
4. "Vinegar Joe" and "the Peanut"
Chronicle: 1945: The Day the West Lost China
Act Four: 1949-1997: The F-ast Is Red
1. C^aughi on the Treacherous Tide
2. Rehearsal for a Bigger Show
3. A C'old Nyi'i
4. The Fast Wind Prevails over the West Wind
5. "Keep em dying!"
6. The Nuke Option
7. And Not So Quiet Flows the I'ssuri
8. Fhe Davydov (^uery
9. Breaking the Impasse
(Chronicle: 1997: A Detail of History
Act Five: Today and Tomorrow: Young Dragon Rising
1. Oushing Liberty's CTy
2. "Wild and arrogant planes"
Chronicle: 2008: A Cold Medal lor Clobal Coodwill
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