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Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0688097227ISBN 13: 9780688097226
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
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Hard cover. Us ed. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. tight pages. No bent corners. BB 63 Good in fine dust jacket. Ex-library.
Published by William Morrow & Co, New York, New York, U. S. A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0688097227ISBN 13: 9780688097226
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated First U. S. Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Tan Paper Over One Quarter Black Cloth. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Map Endpapers. The Book Has Minor Wear. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And A Crease To The Front Flap.
Published by William Morrow, New York, (1989), 1989
Seller: Pali, Roma, RM, Italy
Hard Cover in Dj. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Ist U.S. edition. 527 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photos. "For half a century, Kang Sheng was master of the shadow kingdom that is 'Tewu', the Chinese Secret Service.(his) story necessarily broadens into a history of the Chinese Secret Service, from its inception in Shanghai in the 1920's to the current age of industrial espionage and terrorism. On the large scale, the subject of this book is the shaping of modern China. The break in Sino-Soviet relations was Kang Sheng's work, in large part, and his Orwellian Campaign of Rectification foreshadowed the unparalleled slaughter of the Great Leap Forward in the 1950's. examine(s) the struggle for power between Mao and Chiang Kai-shek, the vast system of Maoist 'Laogai' (prison camps), the development of the Chinese atom bomb, and, in general, the undercurrent of violence in Chinese history, which surfaced most recently in the Tienanmen Square massacre.".