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Diplomats in blue : U.S. naval officers in China, 1922-1933 /

William Braisted is one of the world's foremost authorities on the U.S. naval experience in the Pacific, especially in China and 'Diplomats in Blue' is a monumental work that adds further luster to his remarkable career.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braisted, William Reynolds
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.
Colección:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Navy in the Far East
  • The Canton customs crisis
  • The main gate : Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta
  • The Navy and the May 30th incident of 1925 and after
  • Shameen and South China
  • The Upper Yangtze
  • Explosions on the Yangtze, 1926
  • 1927 : a year of decision
  • The Nanking incident of 1927
  • After Nanking
  • Calls to the north
  • An admiral diplomat in command
  • The Navy and a still disunited China
  • The Navy and "China united"
  • Crumbling foreign collaboration
  • The Shanghai incident
  • The Shanghai incident : the gathering storm
  • The Navy behind "big stick" diplomacy in 1932
  • The Shanghai incident : after hostilities
  • Sequels to the Shanghai incident
  • Communist unrest and Japanese aggression.