Stilwell and the American Experience in China – Prologue: The Crisis
“I expect to win the war 30 percent by fighting and 70 percent by propaganda.” Chiang Kai-shek, 1926 The following is an excerpt from Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45 by Barbara W. Tuchman. President Roosevelt insisted on putting an American General, Joseph Stilwell, in command of all China’s armed forces. With such