Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, James Soong, Ma Bufang, Bai Chongxi, Ma Hongkui, Wang Sheng, He Yingqin, Hu Zongnan, Chen Yi, Yu Youren, Yulbars Khan, Hau Lung-pin, Chen Cheng, Lee Huan, Ma Buqing, Wang You-theng, Ma Chengxiang, Mo Teh-hui, Tang Fei, Wei Tao-ming, Wu Heling, Sean Lien, Chuang Kuo-jung, Hau Pei-tsun, Wu Po-hsiung, Huang Ta-chou, Chen Li-an, Su Nan-cheng, David Lee, Ma Dunjing, Hsieh Tung-min, Lin Yang-kang, Timothy Yang, Fu Bingchang, King Pu-tsung, John Kuan, Chiang Chung-ling, Li Yuan-tsu, Chiang Hsiao-yung, Zhao Hengti, Lee Jye, Bai Wanxiang, Huang Chieh, Mao Gao-wen, Mao Chi-kuo, Ma Ching-chiang, Jason Yuan, Lee Tien-yu, Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme, Chen Chi-chuan, Shih Chih-ming, Lin Yu-fang, Hsu Hai-ching, Wang Tiwu, Dong Zhao, Chang Li-sheng. Excerpt: Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975) was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Ji ng Jieshi or Ji ng Zh ngzheng in Mandarin. Chiang was an influential member of the Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang (KMT), and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy, and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT when Sun died in 1925. In 1926, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to unify the country, becoming China's nominal leader. He served as Chairman of the National Military Council of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to 1948. Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which the Nationalist government's power severely weakened, but his prominence grew. Chiang Kai-shek was socially conservative, promoting traditional Chinese culture in the New Life Movement, and economically, he was anti-capitalist, and used heavy government control and intervention and Socialism, at times against private enterprises. Chiang'...