"In this study, the author traces the major influences shaping Dr. Sun's personality and delineates the main lines of his frustrated political life. Two neglected but important aspects are emphasized: his thirty-year fund-raising efforts among overseas Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs and his largely unsuccessful attempts -- with a few startling exceptions -- to acquire support from each of the important foreign powers"--Jacket.

INCLUDES INDEX.

Molding influences and the career line -- Financing revolution -- The search for foreign aid against the Manchus -- Attempts to harness foreign power -- Groping toward Soviet Russia -- The dynamic setting for alliance with Russia -- Working with Russian aid -- Frustrations and the new hope -- The final quest.