Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45

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Revolution

Author

Barbara W. Tuchman

Source

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

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United States

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Citation

Tuchman, Barbara W. Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45. Macmillan, 1972, ch. 8.

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