V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

With its wide coverage, this elegantly written book is useful as a diplomatic history of modern China.

~China Journal

A candid, critical biography.... Well researched and gracefully written, this is a useful addition to the scholarship of modern Chinese diplomatic history.

~Choice

A welcome antidote to the general depersonalization of history. By focusing on the calculations and dilemmas of one diplomat, Stephen Craft is able to illuminate the harsh challenges and crises that Chinese leaders faced during the first half of the twentieth century.

~Qiang Zhai, Auburn University