宋美龄传
2007-9-1
Oversea Publishing House
Laura Tyson Li
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To admirers， the wife of the Nationalist dictator of China and later Taiwan was a symbol of resistance to Communist tyranny； to detractors， she was a crafty “Dragon Lady” or a quisling of American imperialism。 In this absorbing biography， Li， a former Taiwan correspondent for the Financial Times， manages a balanced portrait that situates Madame Chiang in an uneasy borderland between East and West。 In her charm offensives to the United States seeking military aid during WWII， the author writes， the glamorous， Wellesley-educated Madame Chiang embodied a modern， Westernizing China that made her “a perfect focus for America’s rescue complex。” But Li also finds her “quintessentially Chinese” in her submissiveness to her husband’s authority and ”loyalty to clan and personality over principle。” Amply conveying her subject’s charisma without falling under its spell， Li diagnoses Madame Chiang as a classic “narcissistic personality” and critiques her complicity in the Nationalist regime’s brutality and corruption and her lavish lifestyle， which alienated China’s impoverished masses。 Li is barely adequate at sketching the 105 years of Chinese history Chiang’s life spanned， but she offers a well-researched， fluently written assessment of the life and impact of one of the 20th century’s iconic figures。 Photos， map。
AcknowledgmentsNotes on Chinese RomanizationProloguePart I 1. Little Lantern 2. Revelation to Revolution 3. America’s Moon Is Rounder 4. College Days 5. Belle of Shanghai 6. Man in UniformPart II 7. The Generalissimo’s Wife 8. New Life 9. Rescuing the Gimo 9. Rescuing the Gimo 10. Undeclared War 11. Chungking 12. Little Sister’s Easiest ConquestPart III 13. Coming Home to America 14. Backfire 15. In the Shadow of the Pyamids 16. The Storm Center 17. Taiwan’s Sorrow 18. Madame GeneralPart IV 19. The Resurrection 20. Cold War,White Terror 21. Return to the Mainland 22. Death of a Failed Messiah 23. Resurgam 24. Diva at DuskEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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