The China Mirage: The Hidden Historical past of American Catastrophe in Asia

From the bestselling writer of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding historical past of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the nineteenth century to World Struggle II and Mao’s ascent.

In every of his books, James Bradley has uncovered the hidden truths behind America’s engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work but. Starting within the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the distinguished People who made their fortunes within the China opium commerce. As they — -good Christians all — -profitably addicted thousands and thousands, American missionaries arrived, promising salvation for many who adopted Western methods.

And that was only the start.

From drug supplier Warren Delano to his grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the port of Hong Kong to the towers of Princeton College, from the period of Appomattox to the age of the A-Bomb,
The China Mirage explores a troublesome century that defines U.S.-Chinese language relations to today.