Anatol Klass
Assistant professor in the Strategy & Policy Department focusing on modern Chinese history and bureaucratic/state development, with fellowship experience at Harvard and Columbia.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 56min
Episode 14: Reassessing Chiang Kai-shek: Strategy, Defeat, and Legacy
Anatol Klass, an assistant professor of modern Chinese history, and Ken Swope, a military historian of late imperial China, reassess Chiang Kai-shek’s leadership and strategic choices. They trace his rise, ideological mix, key civil war decisions, US interactions, Madam Chiang’s diplomatic role, corruption’s effects, and how Chiang is remembered differently in Taiwan and the mainland.
