Goldston, Robert C

Traces the social and economic differences between the North and South that eventually led to the Civil War.

Outlines the causes of the revolution, discusses agents and leaders who vied for state power, and the eventual political solution.

Briefly traces China's long history; surveys nineteenth-century China, describing traditional customs, manners, and the influence of European and American imperialism; and examines the rise of Red China, including the Warlord Era, the lives and works of Sun Yat-sen, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Kuomintang and Communist Parties, incidents and impact of the Second World War, and communist China today.

Outlines the causes of the revolution, discusses agents and leaders who vied for state power, and the eventual political solution.