''Enemies and Friends: The United Front in Chinese Communist History'' is a 1967 book by Lyman P. Van Slyke, published by
Stanford University Press
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. It discusses the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP).
Background
The author did much of his research towards this book at
University of California, Berkeley
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. Van Slyke used documents, which originated from China, located in Taiwan as sources. Earl Browder of
Princeton, New Jersey
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stated that not all of the sourcing available had been consulted for the work.
[Browder, p. 661.]
Reception
Howard Boorman of
Vanderbilt University
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stated that the work "adds an important stone on the path towards critical understanding of" the subject.
Browder stated in a book review that the author successfully showed justifications for his positions with the sourcing he used,
[ and that the ]book
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is "formidable".[Browder, p. 660.]
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* {{cite journal, last=Shirley, first=James R., url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asian-studies/article/27/4/877/327607, title=Enemies and Friends: The United Front in Chinese Communist History, journal=The Journal of Asian Studies
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, year=1968, volume=27, issue=4, pages=877–878, doi=10.2307/2051595 , jstor=2051595 , doi-access=free
Also at
Cambridge University Press
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External links
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Stanford University Press books
Books about China
1967 books