The American military mission to China, 1941-1942 : lend-lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation /

"Here is an overview of America's first effort in military aid to a foreign sovereign nation at a time when Europe was engaged in open warfare and Asia was undergoing a series of military confrontations"--

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Autor principal: Grieve, William G., 1937-
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Taula de continguts:
  • Creation of the mission : why AMMISCA was established
  • America before the Lend-Lease Program : isolationism and anti-war feelings
  • The commanders : the leaders of World War II in Asia
  • Culture clash : the historical foundation of Sino-Western relations
  • The antecedents of the Burma-to-China supply route
  • Early East Asian advisory missions
  • Maintenance and repairs on the Burma Road
  • The mission's involvement at Rangoon
  • Logistics problems on the Burma Road
  • The mission's role in the American volunteer Group
  • International strategic planning
  • The culmination of AMMISCA
  • Epilogue.