{"product_id":"9781666928631","title":"Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945 Deploying Words as Weapons","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSoong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDeploying Words as Weapons\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEsther T. Hu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945: Deploying Words as Weapons\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the First Lady of China's timely and critical contributions in the areas of war, women's work, and diplomacy during China's War of Resistance as inflected through gender. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores Soong Mayling through her own words by examining her speeches, essays, letters, telegrams, and news reports during the war period. How did Madame Chiang Kai-shek's gender identity shape her interactions with other Chinese women, the male military and political leadership in the Republic of China, and the broader global public? How did Confucianism's cardinal virtues and Chinese Christianity converge in Soong Mayling's work and worldview? What were her main contributions as Secretary-General of the Chinese Air Force? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Chinese archival materials such as Chiang Kai-shek's diaries and other records around the world, Esther Hu provides a historically informed perspective of the First Lady's legacy within the context of World War II history, international cultural and military affairs, and transnational geopolitics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEsther T. Hu\u003c\/b\u003e is an  Assistant Professor at Boston University, Senior Fellow at the International History Institute , and Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.  She has published many essays, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries and is the English translator of Soong Mayling's Chinese-language pictorial biography, \u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Grace and Resilience: Soong Mayling and her Era\u003c\/i\u003e (2023; 2nd Ed. 2024). She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945: Deploying Words as Weapons \u003c\/i\u003e(2025).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLexington Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666928631\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223595188364,"sku":"9781666928631","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_67d4311d-460b-4be4-9dc5-1d97a38476e2.jpg?v=1783078568","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666928631","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}