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"Gripping [and] splendid... An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall." -- Washington Post

At the end of World War II, General George Marshall took on what he thought was a final mission -- this time not to win a war, but to stop one. In China, conflict between Communists and Nationalists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. Marshall's charge was to cross the Pacific, broker a peace, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. At first, the results seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice -- one that would alter the course of the Cold War, define the US-China relationship, and spark one of the darkest-ever turns in American political life.

The China Mission offers a gripping, close-up view of the central figures of the time -- from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang Kai-shek to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur -- as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today.

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