UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1985 · Q5(d) · 20 marks
'The turn of the tide against the Kuomintang, consequently, was due as much to its weakness as to consequently, was due as much to its weakness as to communist strength’. Comment
- Chapter
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution
- Topic
- The Chinese Revolution of 1949
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