Through the use of recently released Chinese documents; conversations with People's Republic of China scholars; and in-depth interviews with people who were present at key decision-making meetings; this book aims to discover China and the USSR's roles in the outbreak of the Korean conflict.
#3432426 in Books 2009-01-18 2008-11-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .63 x 5.50l; #File Name: 0230609074265 pages
Review
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Stats; stats and more statsBy Gerda AlbertIf you want endless statistics; more numbers and nothing new; this is the book for you. Poor printing on an expensive soft covered book. I couldn't wait to give it away.8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. An Important Study Well DoneBy Rudolph H. WeingartnerThis is a first rate study of the youngsters who came to the United States as refugees from the Nazis; either with their parents or sent here by themselves. It gives a factual account of numerous characteristics of that near-cohort that reveals this group to have been notably more successful than their American-born counterparts. The study then turns to attempt a complex explanation of that success--teaching the reader a good deal about the tension between what is brought to America from elsewhere and the impact of America on the arrivals. While What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution is a carefully wrought social science study--with all the trimmings; including a zillion footnotes--it is also written exceedingly well and will reward those who lack the patience for sociological niceties and will skip them. Skip or not; I would call this a minor social sciene classic. Finally; I must conclude by avowing that in 1939; I arrived in the United States from Germany as a Jewish refugee and that I find much about me in this book. --Rudolph H. Weingartner
