Harold Tanner is Professor of History and Fellow of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. A specialist in twentieth-century and contemporary China, he is the author of Strike Hard! Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985 and China: A History.

Acknowledgments
A Note on Chinese Names
1. Siping, 1946: Decisive Battle or Lost Opportunity?
2. The Manchurian Chessboard, August-September 1945
3. The Communist Retreat, October-December 1945
4. George Marshall's Mission, December 1945-March 1946
5. The Second Battle of Siping: Phase One-From Outer Defense to Stalemate, March-April 1946
6. The Second Battle of Siping: Phase Two-From Defense to Retreat, April-May 1946
7. The Chase and the Cease-Fire, May-June 1946
8. Visions of the Past and Future
Bibliography
Index

Harold Tanner is Professor of History and Fellow of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. A specialist in twentieth-century and contemporary China, he is the author of Strike Hard! Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985 and China: A History.