Chiang ching kuo biography books
Chiang Ching-kuo was a Chinese politician of the Republic of China....
Largely eclipsed in most modern histories by the shadow of his famous father, Chiang Ching-kuo receives his due in this excellent biography by Jay Taylor.
The Generalissimo's Son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan
Both books tell the story of the Chinese Civil war and subsequent separation of China into a communist mainland and a defeated nationalist government in exile on Taiwan. However, "The Generalissimo" is told from the perspective of Chiang Kai Shek (the former leader of the Guomindang), and focuses more on the pre-Taiwan part of the story, whereas "The Generalissimo's son" is told from the perspective of Chiang Kai Shek's son Chiang Qing-Kuo, and focuses more on the period on Taiwan after the Generalissimo's death.
There are some parallels between this book and "Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China", and there are also parallels between Deng and Ching-Kuo.
Both men were reformers - Deng, after taking over from Mao, steered China away from comm