The China mission: George Marshall's unfinished war, 1945-1947

Prologue : Oh! General Marshall, we communists honor you

Part I. Winning the peace. Peace is hell ; Horrid dilemmas ; Marshall is too big ; The Committee of Three ; Unity out of chaos ; First Lord of the Warlords

Part II. Seek truth from facts. If the world wants peace ; Balance of mistrusts ; Fighting while talking ; Umpire on a battlefield ; Sisyphus in China ; George Marshall can't walk on water

Part III. Limits of power. The rock and the whirlpool ; At the point of a gun ; All of Chiang's horses and all of Chiang's men ; Into the fire

Epilogue : Losing China

Postscript : Substitutes for victory?