Books by John Delury
“This book has many of the qualities of a spy novel, though it’s a true story…It’s about an American secret agent who ends up in Mao’s China during the Korean War and is a prisoner there for a long time…In this book, you learn a lot about Mao’s China, you learn about the Korean War, you learn about McCarthyism in America and even about the history of Chinese studies. All this is woven into this page-turner.” Read more...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Historian
Interviews where books by John Delury were recommended
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Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
by Adam Brookes -
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Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China
by John Delury -
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
by Zhuqing Li -
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Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
by Louisa Lim -
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Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China
by Joseph W. Esherick
The Best China Books of 2022, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
The Best China Books of 2022, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
From a true story that reads like a spy novel to a detailed study of the mythic origins of the Chinese Communist Party in Northwest China, there were lots of interesting books published about China this year. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a professor at UC Irvine and specialist in modern Chinese history, recommends some of his 2022 favourites.
