-- 10. Divided We Stand -- Pt. III. Wars Without End -- 11. Enemy of the Heart -- 12. Enemy of the Skin -- 13. Mao's March -- 14. Total War -- 15. The Great Retreat -- 16. Tangled Alliance -- 17. The Last Battle -- Pt. IV. The Rule of Mao -- 18. The Winner -- 19. Plots and Plans -- 20. Leaping to Disaster -- 21. Famine and Retreat -- 22. Demons and Monsters -- 23. All-Out Civil War -- 24. American Interlude -- 25. Only Heaven Knows -- Pt. V. The Age of Deng -- 26. Little Peace Plays His Trumps -- 27. To Get Rich is No Sin -- 28. Gathering Storm -- 29. Beijing Spring -- 30. Three Weeks in May -- 31. Massacre in Beijing -- Pt. VI. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao -- 32. The New-Old Generations -- Who's Who in Modern China -- The Late-Qing Emperors -- China's Growth 1976-2006 -- China's Population -- Communist Party Leaders in the People's Republic -- Communist Party Organization at the Centre.

In the second half of the 19th century, China was a weak state, rocked by revolts and huge natural disasters, and humiliated by foreign invasions. Now, after a tumultuous 20th century, China is a global power. This book examines China's history to understand how the country went from also-ran to leading power.