Formosa Betrayed (book)
Formosa Betrayed is a 1965 book written by George H. Kerr, a US diplomatic officer in Taiwan, who witnessed the February 28 Incident, and the corruption and killings committed by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party) in Taiwan after World War II.
 Cover of the 2017 edition | |
| Author | George H. Kerr |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Li Jun |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Pages | 456 |
| ISBN | 978-1910736-53-1 |
Formosa Betrayed is one of the most influential books about Taiwan's transition from Japanese colonial rule.[1] Kerr was working for the American Foreign Service at the time of the transition, and was present in Taiwan for the KMT occupation and resulting aftermath. Formosa Betrayed sharply rebuked the Nationalist administration and made arguments in favor of Taiwanese independence.
The book was originally published in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. A Chinese-language translation was made in 1974, the English-language version was republished in 1976 by Da Capo Press, a second English-language edition was published by Taiwan Publishing Co. in 1992, and a new Chinese-language translation was released in 2014.[1]
References
- Pan, Jason (Feb 28, 2014). "Influential book gets a new edition". Taipei Times. p. 4.
Editions
- Kerr, George H. (1965). Formosa Betrayed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 242620. OL 5948105M.
- Kerr, George H.; 陳榮成 (1974). 被出賣的台灣 [Taiwan Betrayed] (in Chinese). Taipei: 前衞. ISBN 9579512191.
- Kerr, George H. (1976) [1965]. Formosa Betrayed. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306707624. LCCN 76010805. OL 4882082M.
- Kerr, George H. (1992) [1965]. Formosa Betrayed. California: Taiwan Publishing Co. OCLC 895250964.
- Kerr, George H. (November 1997). Formosa Betrayed (PDF). Taiwan Publishing Co.
- Kerr, George H. Formosa Betrayed (HTML ed.). Romanization.com.
- Kerr, George H. (May 2017). Formosa Betrayed. Camphor Press. ISBN 978-1-910736-53-1.