Bibliograph

Formosa betrayed

Type

Label

Formosa betrayed

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Formosa betrayed

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

China in the 20th century

Summary

Formosa Betrayed is the authoritative account of the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945 and the 1947 "228 Incident" in which tens of thousands of Taiwanese people - an entire generation of intellectuals and leaders - were massacred by the new government. Kerr was there, knew Taiwan well, and paints a compelling picture of Taiwan's tragic past

Target audience

adult

Classification