Product Description: In 1914 Swedish professor, writer, illustrator and adventurer Sven Hedin was granted a car and escort and given a comprehensive tour of the German Armies fighting in Belgium and France during September and October 1914. Hedin was given unfettered access to German armies and leadership...read more

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Product Description: CHIANG KAI-SHEK- MARSHAL OF CHINA by SVEN HEDIN. Contents include: Preface xi. PART I. I. Visiting the Emperor of Japan 3 II. Chiang Kai-shek s Years of Study in Japan 6 IIL The Fall of the Manchu Dynasty n IV. The Northern Campaign 14 V* Chiang Kai-shek s Mission 22 VI-My First Meeting with the Marshal 26 VII...read more

Product Description: Volume: 1 Publisher: London : MacMillan Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books...read more

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