I do not like Tuchman's 'style' of writing. At first I thought she must be a Brit because her sentences are long and rambling and frankly almost impossible in some cases to interpret. They run together and I have to just wade through page by page. Very interesting subject matter but the book is much more like a text book of the history of China than a book on Stilwell. I understand the background history is of utmost importance but she jumps back and forth and many times I have to go back to find dates for the time she is talking about. Not sure I will be able to make it though this book. I've been to China 6 times, Taiwan two times and have a historical background but it hasn't helped much with this book.Fascinating subject matter however. Just seems like someone should have proof read better and re-arranged a lot of her sentences that are a paragraph long and future present or some such thing!