Ken Swope
Professor in the Strategy & Policy Department and specialist in late imperial China and East Asian military history, with extensive research and publications on Chinese military figures and campaigns.
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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.
