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Secrets of War
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Mao's Secrets

  • TV-PG
  • 51m
Secrets of War (1998)
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The roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a blo... Read allThe roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a bloody secret war against Mao Tse-tung's Soviet trained and financed army.The roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a bloody secret war against Mao Tse-tung's Soviet trained and financed army.

  • Stars
    • Charlton Heston
    • Michael Schaller
    • Frederic Wakeman
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    • Stars
      • Charlton Heston
      • Michael Schaller
      • Frederic Wakeman
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    Charlton Heston
    Charlton Heston
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Michael Schaller
    • Self - Professor of History, University of Arizona
    • (as Dr. Michael Schaller)
    Frederic Wakeman
    • Self - Haas Professor of East Asian Studies, U.C. Berkeley
    William F. Dorrill
    • Self - Professor of History, Longwood College
    Maochun Yu
    • Self - Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy
    David D. Barrett
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Kai-Shek Chiang
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Winston Churchill
    Winston Churchill
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Donovan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Patrick J. Hurley
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dai Li
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Zedong Mao
    Zedong Mao
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Milton E. Miles
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    John Service
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Stalin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Josip Broz Tito
    Josip Broz Tito
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
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