The article describes the life of Chiaing Kai Shek, his impact on Taiwan, and his relationship to China. Chiaing Kai Shek ruled as dictator in China from 1928 to 1949 but was defeated by Mao Zedong's communists and fled to Taiwan, which he ruled until 1975. Generalissimo's genesis "My spirit will always be with my colleagues and my countrymen to recover the mainland and to restore our national culture," Chiang Kai Shek. Portrayals of Chiang Kai Shek evoke two strong, very different, personalities. To his detractors, he was the leader whose faults lost mainland China to the Mao led Communist...