The Shanghai massacre
Carradice, Phil2018
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On 19 February 1927, the city of Shanghai fell silent as a strike gripped the factories of the industrial district. A magnet for foreign traders and businessmen, by the 1920s the pursuit of profit had produced one of the most cosmopolitan cities that the world has ever seen. Shanghai was a melting pot where every imaginable experience or luxury could be had. But in 1927, the city's wealth was under threat: advancing from Guangzhou in the south of China was a Guomindang army, backed by the Soviet Union and in alliance with the Chinese Communist Party. However, the army's commander, Chiang Kai-shek, a conservative, was tiring of his allies. Plotting with Shanghai's most influential gangster, Chiang planned to rid himself of the Communists once and for all. The stage was set for a bloodletting in the streets of the city of Shanghai.
Main title:
The Shanghai massacre / Phil Carradice.
Author:
Carradice, Phil, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Collation:
128 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526738899 (pbk)
Dewey class:
951.132041951.132
LC class:
DS796.S257
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2409893