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# Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950

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Review: Nice book. - Nice book.
Review: Love It - Best book I've ever read on the topic. Really helped me understand where Mao came from, and more, so much more.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #940,801 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #826 in Asian Politics #1,062 in Communism & Socialism (Books) #1,072 in Chinese History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (16) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.07 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 080474484X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0804744843 |
| Item Weight  | 1.35 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 428 pages |
| Publication date  | March 21, 2003 |
| Publisher  | Stanford University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice book.
*by D***M on December 15, 2025*

Nice book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love It
*by H***S on December 21, 2013*

Best book I've ever read on the topic. Really helped me understand where Mao came from, and more, so much more.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Title is misleading
*by E***U on June 9, 2008*

I was slightly disappointed after reading this book. The title gives an impression of military strategy on the battlefield level. This book offered very little of that. Most concepts, strategies, and thoughts were from the thirty thousand feet level. I was hoping for a book which outlined campaigns with battlefield maps, and greater descriptions of the eb and flow of the combat. Most battles were described in a paragraph or a two. That was very disappointing. The book did give good background information on why things happened, and the history of the conflict. But with a title of "Decisive Encounters" I was expecting more "decisive encounters".

## Frequently Bought Together

- Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950
- Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought
- Military History of Western World, Vol. 3: From the American Civil War to the End of World War II

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