Episode 20-China 1937 to 1940.
The History of WWII Podcast
Ray Harris Jr
4.4 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2012
⏱️ 78 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Audible, and in case you didn't know, Audible is awesome. |
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| 0:23.6 | It's called Stillwell and the American Experience in China, 1911 to 1945 by Barbara Tuckman. |
| 0:30.6 | Now she's written several books on history, and I can't wait to check out her other |
| 0:34.1 | ones. |
| 0:35.1 | But what this book covers is American Chinese relations in the early to mid 20th century, |
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| 0:55.4 | It covers Stillwell's time in China and has a ton of Chinese history before the long march |
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| 1:04.0 | Of course, that's not even getting into the Burma Road that Stillwell is ordered to build |
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