A Few Planes for China : The Birth of the Flying Tigers /

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"On December 7, 1941, a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into armed conflict with Japan. In the first three months of the war the Japanese seemed unbeatable as they seized American, British, and European territory across the Pacific: the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buchan, Eugenie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lebanon NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
China. > Kong jun. > American Volunteer Group.
Military participation > American.
Military operations, Aerial.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Aerial operations.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Participation, American.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chiang's rotten Air Force
  • Burma roads
  • Plane aid
  • Bruce Leighton's guerrilla air corps
  • Business, the Chinese way
  • T.V. Soong's mission to Washington
  • A few planes for China
  • Roosevelt's dilemma
  • Bombing Japan
  • Tomahawks for China
  • Robbing Churchill to pay Chiang
  • The private military contractor
  • Diplomatic skirmishes
  • Reinforcing the Philippines
  • Favoring Currie
  • The mercenary's contract
  • Recruiters and recruited
  • The international air force
  • Staying on in Burma
  • Squabbling over bullets
  • AVG summer camp
  • The short-term air program for China
  • Currie gets in a jam
  • Magruder's mission
  • Countdown to war
  • Epilogue.

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