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The American Military Mission to China, 1941-1942 : Lend-Lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation
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"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 confronta...
"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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- Creator
- William G. Grieve
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- viii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786475568, 0786475560, 1476612900, 9781476612904
- OCLC
- ocn863632897
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- United States. Military Mission to China -- History.
- Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
- United States -- Relations -- China.
- China -- Relations -- United States.
- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century.
- Military assistance, American -- China -- History -- 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.