Table of Contents:
  • The failure of mediation : the Hurley and Marshall missions
  • The battle lines are drawn : U.S. contention with the CCP to win the middle forces, 1947
  • The middle forces in China's urban turmoil, 1947
  • The battle for the middle forces peaks : the domestic factors, 1947-48
  • The battle for the middle forces peaks : the international factor, 1947-48--Japan
  • America's loss : clearing the battlefield--and parting shots, 1948-49.