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The Hump : America's strategy for keeping China in World War II
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- Creator
- John D. Plating
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781603442374, 9781603442381, 1603442375, 1603442383
- OCLC
- ocn657270892, ocn792934716
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index.
- From the Marco Polo Bridge to ABC Ferry Command -- Terrain, weather, pilots, and planes -- "Barnstorming" over the Hump -- The Hump and an ascendant CBI air strategy -- "Ten thousand tons by Christmas" -- The Hump goes to war -- The Hump becomes an airline -- The end of the Hump -- Notes
Subjects
- United States. Army Air Forces -- Transport service -- History.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Himalaya Mountains.
- Airlift, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Military doctrine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.