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    The Raider

    Stephen R. Platt

    The extraordinary life of forgotten World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America's first special forces, secret confidant of FDR, and one of the most controversial officers in the…

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    Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age

    Stephen R. Platt (Author)

    The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.

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    Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age

    Stephen R. Platt

    As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an…

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    Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

    Stephen R. Platt

    This narrative history of China’s 19th-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some 20 million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid recreations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles–a riveting, sweeping, and…

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    Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China

    Stephen R. Platt

    From the Taiping Rebellion to the Chinese Communist movement, no province in China gave rise to as many reformers, military officers, and revolutionaries as did Hunan. Platt offers the first…

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