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The Soong Dynasty (Paperback)

by Sterling Seagrave (Author)
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  • Paperback: 564 pages
  • Publisher: New English Library Ltd; New edition edition (1 Jun 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0450395111
  • ISBN-13: 978-0450395116
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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First published in 1985 and now available in paperback, the story of one of the world's great families, whose power and wealth have dominated China and American policy towards Asia in the 20th century, revealing a tale of power, corruption and greed.

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The Soong Dynasty is the first full behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary Soong family whose power and wealth have dominated China and American policy towards Asia this century. It is an extraordinary work of historical detection which traces the family's roots from the middle of the last century and their explosive rise thereafter.

Descendants of a runaway, they grew up in America under the protection of the Methodist church and returned to their homeland to make a fortune selling Western bibles. The Soong Family became the principal rulers of China during the first half of the twentieth century. In The Soong Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave describes for the first time the intricate and fascinating rise to power of Charlie Soong and his children, whom he married to some of China's most powerful men to create a network of power and influence which was to last for over fifty years. It is a classic tale of power, money, corruption and greed with elements of tragedy and comedy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A downright bias point of view, 12 April 1998
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The author seems to very fascinated with Soong Ching-ling. If its just for the fact that she was the only one that died a pauper, then I am afraid the author may be missing something here. The book also disregard in total Soong May-ling's contribution to that of modern China and the fact that the ultimate failure of Chiang Kai-shek to crush the Communist has as much to do with the apathy of the Western political powers as with his own imcompetence. I am by no means an admirer of Chiang Kai-shek but as for Soong May-ling, one should also look at the contribution she made to China in her long and ardous fight against the Japanese in terms of raising much needed funds as well as other forms of support. By going on a witch hunt against every one except for Soong Ai-ling, I am of the impression that the author is trying to make the latter look good when the fact is she is very much a traitor to modern China. Of course, the problems with China began with Sun Yat-sen's invitation to the Soviet Union to help in structuring China's political as well as governmental structure. Michael Borodin very aptly took the opportunity to set up the Communist Party in China in 1921 and for a country as big and as populous as China, it is most difficult if not impossible to run. So, with all those illusions of equality for all as preached by the Communists, what do you think the peasants and the idealistic students will be drawn to. History has proven that Communism remains just an idealistic myth. The author failed to recognise that Soong Ching-ling is a traitor by allowing herself to be used by the Soviets in its propanganda war against China and then by allowing them to betrayed her and the country she claims she loves. She alone brought more shame to China than anyone else with the exception of maybe Mao Tse-tung and Chao En-lai.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Soong Ching-ling is right., 4 May 1998
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I've just seen the movie Soong Sisters and Ching-ling said one comment about Chiang Kek-Shek quite right: "he is not Chinese Lincoln but Ningpo's Napoleon". He is a loser. Communism? It is just a tool used by Chinese to unite the country.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Seminal Book on the biggest crime in US History., 25 Jul 1999
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If you read the Soong Dynasty, you will learn that Franklin Roosevelt and (all the presidents men were making deals with Chiang Kai-shek instead of fighting WWII. WHY? Future commercial dealings? Read the Chapter entitled "On Family Business" and you will learn that our great leading who taught us that "nothing is to fear but fear itself" doing a freightening amount of backdoor deals for his family as our men died in China and Burma. The Dirty Little Secret of WW@. The question remains, are we reliving this again today? Only time will tell-- today we have the freedom of Information act and no J Edgar Hoover erasing history. Today its only buried for a safe amount of time.
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Controversial as the subject matter may be, Sterling Seagrave's 1982 book, "The Soong Dynasty" certainly is an interesting and behind-the-scenes view of the gangs and... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Non-fiction and a page turner to boot -- a great read.
I read it long ago and couldn't put it down. I've recommended it to others and they too, couldn't put it down. A friend of my wife's husband was ill, wanted someting to read. Read more
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