The Unfinished Revolution is a superb new biography of Sun Yat-sen, whose life, like the confusion of his time, is not easy to interpret.
His political career was marked mostly by setbacks, yet he became a cult figure in China after his death.
Today he is the only 20th-century Chinese leader to be widely revered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
In contrast, many Western historians see little in his ideas or deeds to warrant such high esteem.
This book presents the most balanced account of .