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The '''Kuomintang of China''' ('''KMT'''), also known as the '''Chinese Nationalist Party''' and '''Guomindang''', is a conservative party currently active in the [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]]. In recent years it has supported pan-[[Chinese nationalism]], [[democracy]], [[Chinese reunification]], and [[capitalism]] under the doctrine of the [[Three Principles of the People]].
The '''Kuomintang of China''' ('''KMT'''), also known as the '''Chinese Nationalist Party''' and '''Guomindang''', is a conservative party currently active in the [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]]. In recent years it has supported pan-[[Chinese nationalism]], democracy, [[Chinese reunification]], and capitalism under the doctrine of the [[Three Principles of the People]].
The '''Kuomintang of China''' (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng; Initials: '''KMT''' or '''GMD''') ruled China 1927-48 and then moved to [[Taiwan]]. The name translates as "China's National People's Party" and was historically referred to as the Chinese Nationalists. It has had strong support from American conservatives since the 1930s.
The '''Kuomintang of China''' (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng; Initials: '''KMT''' or '''GMD''') ruled China 1927-48 and then moved to [[Taiwan]]. The name translates as "China's National People's Party" and was historically referred to as the Chinese Nationalists. It has had strong support from American conservatives since the 1930s.
==Kuomintang's Two Wars==
==Kuomintang's Two Wars==
The Nationalist Chinese led by [[Chiang Kai-shek]] received aid from the United States to fight against the Japanese, but in reality they needed that money to prepare for civil war against the communists led by [[Mao Zedong]] (also known as “Mao-Tse-tung”). After the war, the communists (from the northwest) attempted to conquer the Nationalists (from the southwest). Civil war raged from 1946 to 1949. Due to many desertions by soldiers from the Nationalist army to the communists, Mao prevailed by October 1949. Mao had promised land for the peasants and renamed the country the People’s Republic of China. Jiang fled with Nationalists to the island of Taiwan, and continued to claim sovereignty over all of China, a stance which the United States supported until [[Richard Nixon]] reversed course in 1971.
The Nationalist Chinese led by [[Chiang Kai-shek]] received aid from the United States to fight against the Japanese, but in reality they used that money to prepare for civil war against the communists led by [[Mao Zedong]] (also known as “Mao-Tse-tung”). After the war, the communists (from the northwest) attempted to conquer the Nationalists (from the southwest). Civil war raged from 1946 to 1949. Due to many desertions by soldiers from the Nationalist army to the communists, Mao prevailed by October 1949. Mao had promised land for the peasants and renamed the country the People’s Republic of China. Jiang fled with Nationalists to the island of Taiwan, and continued to claim sovereignty over all of China, a stance which the United States supported until [[Richard Nixon]] reversed course in 1971.
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Barnett, A. Doak ''China on the Eve of Communist Takeover''. Praeger, 1963 [http://www.questia.com/library/book/china-on-the-eve-of-communist-takeover-by-a-doak-barnett.jsp online edition]
* Barnett, A. Doak ''China on the Eve of Communist Takeover''. (1963) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/china-on-the-eve-of-communist-takeover-by-a-doak-barnett.jsp online edition]
* Bedeski, Robert E. ''State-Building in Modern China: The Kuomintang in the Prewar Period.'' (1981). 181 pp.
* Bedeski, Robert E. ''State-Building in Modern China: The Kuomintang in the Prewar Period.'' (1981). 181 pp.
* Bergere, Marie-Claire. ''Sun Yat-Sen'' (1998), 480pp, the standard biography
* Bergere, Marie-Claire. ''Sun Yat-Sen'' (1998), 480pp, the standard biography
* Boorman, Howard L., ed. ''Biographical Dictionary of Republican China.'' (Vol. I-IV and Index. 1967-1979). 600 short scholarly biographies [http://books.google.com/books?id=r3AJFusMHJwC&dq=+Biographical+Dictionary+of+Republican+China&pg=PP1&ots=2vo5nw0qS0&sig=fxzwBb475KIbQBr8KGRDrkVSvl8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA1,M1 excerpt and text search]
* Boorman, Howard L., ed. ''Biographical Dictionary of Republican China.'' (Vol. I-IV and Index. 1967-1979). 600 short scholarly biographies [http://books.google.com/books?id=r3AJFusMHJwC&dq=+Biographical+Dictionary+of+Republican+China&pg=PP1&ots=2vo5nw0qS0&sig=fxzwBb475KIbQBr8KGRDrkVSvl8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA1,M1 excerpt and text search]
* Botjer, George. ''A Short History of Nationalist China, 1919–1949'' (1979). 312pp
* Botjer, George. ''A Short History of Nationalist China, 1919–1949'' (1979). 312pp
*Carroll, Anne W. "Who Lost China", (1996) [http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/FR89102.TXT online]
* Epoch Times. ''On the Unscrupulous Nature of the Chinese Communist Party''], ''The Epoch Times,'' 2005. [http://en.epochtimes.com/news/4-12-30/25242.html online]
* Fairbank, John K., ed. ''The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 12, Republican China 1912-1949. Part 1.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1983. 1001 pp.
* Fairbank, John K., ed. ''The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 12, Republican China 1912-1949. Part 1.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1983. 1001 pp.
* Fairbank, John K. and Feuerwerker, Albert, eds. ''The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 13: Republican China, 1912-1949, Part 2.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1986. 1092 pp.
* Fairbank, John K. and Feuerwerker, Albert, eds. ''The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 13: Republican China, 1912-1949, Part 2.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1986. 1092 pp.