Note 12 — Chapter IX · SUN YAT-SEN AND CHIANG K'AI-SHEK

Biographies of Chiang are: Chen Tsung-hsi et al., General Chiang Kai-shek, the Builder of New China, Shanghai, 1929; Tong, Hollington K. (Tung Hsien-kuang), Chiang Kai-shek, Soldier and Statesman, 2 vols., Shanghai, 1937, the authorized biography and a model of its kind; Berkov, Robert, Strong Man of China, Boston. 1938; and Hedin, Sven, Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal of China, New York, 1940. Who's Who in China is, as usual, useful for Chiang and for the members of his family. Almost every book on modern China, or magazine dealing with Asiatic materials, has discussions of Chiang. Among the most noteworthy writers on his career and personality are Gustav Amann, whose account remains the most carefully detailed; Edgar Snow and John Gunther, the reporters mentioned above; and Harold Isaacs. The Generalissimo's own diary and speeches, together with Mme. Chiang's writings, are unconsciously rather than deliberately revelatory.