The Resource China Hand, an autobiography, John Paton Davies, Jr
China Hand, an autobiography, John Paton Davies, Jr
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The item China Hand, an autobiography, John Paton Davies, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s, 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 1949. Davies joined the thousands of others who became the victims of a political maelstrom that engulfed the country and deprived the United States of the wisdom and guidance of an entire generation of East Asian diplomats and scholars. The son of American missionaries, Davies was born in China at the turn of the twentieth century. Educated in the United States, he joined the ranks of the newly formed Foreign Service in the 1930s and returned to China, where he would remain until nearly the end of World War II. During that time he became one of the first Americans to meet and talk with the young revolutionary known as Mao Zedong. He documented the personal excesses and political foibles of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. As a political aide to General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the wartime commander of the Allied forces in East and South Asia, he traveled widely in the region, meeting with colonial India's Nehru and Gandhi to gauge whether their animosity to British rule would translate into support for Japan. Davies ended the war serving in Moscow with George F. Kennan, the architect of America's policy toward the Soviet Union. Kennan found in Davies a lifelong friend and colleague. Neither, however, was immune to the virulent anticommunism of the immediate postwar years. China Hand is the story of a man who captured with wry and judicious insight the times in which he lived, both as observer and as actor
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 351 pages)
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. Leaving and returning
- pt. 2. "This assignment is not made at your request nor for your convenience"
- pt. 3. Public and personal diplomacy
- pt. 4. The question of China
- pt. 5. Moscow nights and days
- pt. 6. At war at home
- Isbn
- 9780812244014
- Label
- China Hand, an autobiography
- Title
- China Hand, an autobiography
- Statement of responsibility
- John Paton Davies, Jr
- Subject
-
- "Multi-User"
- 1900 - 1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- Biographies
- Biography
- China
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
- China -- History -- 20th century
- Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999
- Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- China
- Diplomatic relations
- Diplomats
- Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- History
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s, 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 1949. Davies joined the thousands of others who became the victims of a political maelstrom that engulfed the country and deprived the United States of the wisdom and guidance of an entire generation of East Asian diplomats and scholars. The son of American missionaries, Davies was born in China at the turn of the twentieth century. Educated in the United States, he joined the ranks of the newly formed Foreign Service in the 1930s and returned to China, where he would remain until nearly the end of World War II. During that time he became one of the first Americans to meet and talk with the young revolutionary known as Mao Zedong. He documented the personal excesses and political foibles of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. As a political aide to General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the wartime commander of the Allied forces in East and South Asia, he traveled widely in the region, meeting with colonial India's Nehru and Gandhi to gauge whether their animosity to British rule would translate into support for Japan. Davies ended the war serving in Moscow with George F. Kennan, the architect of America's policy toward the Soviet Union. Kennan found in Davies a lifelong friend and colleague. Neither, however, was immune to the virulent anticommunism of the immediate postwar years. China Hand is the story of a man who captured with wry and judicious insight the times in which he lived, both as observer and as actor
- Cataloging source
- IDEBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1908-1999
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davies, John Paton
- Dewey number
-
- 327.2092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E748.D214
- LC item number
- A3 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Haney Foundation series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Davies, John Paton
- Diplomats
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- United States
- China
- China
- Davies, John Paton
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- Diplomatic relations
- Diplomats
- China
- United States
- Label
- China Hand, an autobiography, John Paton Davies, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Leaving and returning -- pt. 2. "This assignment is not made at your request nor for your convenience" -- pt. 3. Public and personal diplomacy -- pt. 4. The question of China -- pt. 5. Moscow nights and days -- pt. 6. At war at home
- Control code
- 843076282
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 351 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812244014
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812206319
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 421113
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843076282
- Label
- China Hand, an autobiography, John Paton Davies, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Leaving and returning -- pt. 2. "This assignment is not made at your request nor for your convenience" -- pt. 3. Public and personal diplomacy -- pt. 4. The question of China -- pt. 5. Moscow nights and days -- pt. 6. At war at home
- Control code
- 843076282
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 351 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812244014
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812206319
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 421113
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843076282
Subject
- "Multi-User"
- 1900 - 1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- Biographies
- Biography
- China
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
- China -- History -- 20th century
- Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999
- Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- China
- Diplomatic relations
- Diplomats
- Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- History
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China
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