{"product_id":"the-china-mission-9780393356861","title":"The China Mission","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2018\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor’s Pick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Gripping [and] splendid.… An enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall.”—\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, [\u003cem\u003eThe China Mission\u003c\/em\u003e] is at once a revealing study of character and leadership, a vivid reconstruction of a critical episode in the history of the Cold War and an insightful meditation on the limits of American power even at its peak.\" -- Aaron Friedberg - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"The story Kurtz-Phelan tells is a gripping one [and] does a splendid job of delineating Marshall’s evolving relationships. … [A]n enormous contribution to our understanding of Marshall.\" -- John Pomfret - Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] compelling portrait of a remarkable soldier and statesman, and an instructive lesson in the limits of American power, even at its zenith.\" -- Economist\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply researched and written with verve, [\u003cem\u003eThe China Mission\u003c\/em\u003e] ought to be read by any U.S. foreign-policy maker practicing diplomacy in Asia.… Mr. Kurtz-Phelan has performed a service in reviving this important episode with such aplomb, rigor and pace.\" -- Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"[Marshall's China mission] has been brilliantly described in the detail it deserves by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan… who seems to have consulted all relevant primary and secondary sources.… Kurtz-Phelan is particularly good at using his various sources to bring Marshall's personality to life.\" -- Roderick MacFarquhar - New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\"America has always sought to convert rather than understand China, whether to Christianity or capitalism. In this brilliant historical study, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan focuses on the pivotal moment of misunderstanding between these two very different countries. As a bonus, he provides a beautifully written portrait of George Marshall, a statesman of such integrity that he seems as far removed from Washington, D.C., today as would an ancient Roman.\" -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and author of The Post-American World\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe China Mission\u003c\/em\u003e has much to teach us about both the past and future of American leadership—and about what individual leadership means in the face of hard choices. I have rarely read such a vivid account of how diplomacy really works.\" -- Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state\u003cbr\u003e\"The best character study of Marshall I’ve yet seen. He comes alive here as in nothing else that’s been written about him. A major achievement.\" -- John Lewis Gaddis, author of George F. Keenan and professor of history, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\"In gripping, crystalline detail, Kurtz-Phelan has given us a vital new chapter on American statecraft. The lessons from what he calls the ‘unsettled world’ of the early Cold War are urgently relevant today. \u003cem\u003eThe China Mission\u003c\/em\u003e will be read for years to come as a window on the origins of American power—and the limits of its reach.\" -- Evan Osnos, New Yorker staff writer and author of Age of Ambition\u003cbr\u003e\"Was America’s greatest statesman to blame for America’s greatest diplomatic failure? In this wonderfully written book, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan sheds a bright light on a crucial but dimly understood chapter in U.S. foreign policy. His portrait of General George Marshall is a model of empathetic but clear-eyed biography and a memorable lesson in the limits of power.\" -- Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff and coauthor of The Wise Men","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525155922263,"sku":"9780393356861","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393356861.jpg?v=1731859442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-china-mission-9780393356861","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}