As a person and a politician, Chiang could be violent, erratic, domineering and full of contradiction. According to American journalist Theodore White, he was prone to sudden rages, leading to casual beatings, even killings. Politically, Chiang preached Sun Yat-sen’s Three People’s Principles, but also hawked traditional Confucianism,  a strong dictatorship, and a blend of neo-Confucianism and Christianity known as the New Life Movement that he attempted to spread with the help of his wife. Chiang even dabbled in fascism and Nazism. Like Chen, he was willing to consider any system that worked for China, regardless of the means necessary for its implementation.

Chiang’s one major publication, a book entitled China’s Destiny, was so full of xenophobic vitriol that his advisors had to pull it from the presses for fear of offending their American and British allies. John Service, an American on Stilwell’s staff, referred to the book as China’s ”Mein Kampf.”

Chiang, Kai-Shek – China’s Destiny and Chinese Economic Theory (1947)