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"A convincing picture of the nightmarish problem of controlling Shanghai in the 20s and 30s....By concentrating on the apparently narrow history of police procedures, Wakeman has illuminated the much larger story of Chiang's failure, and he has pointed to some of the main reasons for the ultimate collapse of the Nationalist regime on the mainland in 1949."Wakeman, Frederic, Jr. is the author of 'Policing Shanghai 1927-1937', published 1996 under ISBN 9780520207615 and ISBN 0520207610.
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