"Among the State Department's 'China Hands' of the s and 40s, John Paton Davies was one of the most eminent, until our domestic debates destroyed his career. China Hand is a gripping account of that era."—Dr. Henry A. Kissinger "The book is filled with vivid personalities and brings to life the fluid strategic situation at the end of the war/5(28). · At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the s, John Paton Davies, Jr., was summoned to the State Department one morning and fired. His offense? The career diplomat had counseled the U.S. government during World War II that the Communist forces in China were poised to take over the country—which they did, in · China Hand is a gripping account of that era."—Dr. Henry A. Kissinger "Davies predicted more accurately than anyone else, prior to the Cold War, what China's course would be during it. We are most fortunate to have his posthumous autobiography available at last, in which he explains, in shrewd and sparkling prose, how he did www.doorway.ru
China Hand An Autobiography John Paton Davies, Jr. Foreword by Todd S. Purdum. Epilogue by Bruce Cumings. pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus. Cloth | ISBN | $s | Outside the Americas £ Ebook editions are available from selected online vendors A volume in the Haney Foundation Series View table of contents. Winner of the Douglas Dillon Award of the American Academy. (See, for example, John Paton Davies, Jr.'s "China Hand: An Autobiography"). In retrospect, a fearful and angry nation had gone mad. Blacklists, jail terms, a few, but very few, Soviet spies (we had our spies too in Russia), and a shamefully conformist mass media helped scare and silence potential critics. Buy China Hand: An Autobiography (Haney Foundation Series) Illustrated by John Paton Davies, Jr., Todd S. Purdum, Bruce Cumings (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
China Hand is a gripping account of that era."—Dr. Henry A. Kissinger "Davies predicted more accurately than anyone else, prior to the Cold War, what China's course would be during it. We are most fortunate to have his posthumous autobiography available at last, in which he explains, in shrewd and sparkling prose, how he did this. At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the s, John Paton Davies, Jr., was summoned to the State Department one morning and fired. His offense? The career diplomat had counseled the U.S. government during World War II that the Communist forces in China were poised to take over the country—which they did, in In this wry and insightful memoir, distinguished American diplomat John Paton Davies, Jr. describes his upbringing and wartime adventures in Asia, encounters with key twentieth-century figures from Mahatma Gandhi to Joseph Stalin, and how he carried on after his Foreign Service career was cut short by McCarthyism.
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