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With the Tigers over China, 1941-1942 / Jerome Klinkowitz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klinkowitz, Jerome.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII. Pilots including Claire Chennault, ""Pappy"" Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater. In the face of the 1941 bombings, Chiang Kai-shek turned to air power to survive, which he did thanks to Chennault's rebuilding of the Chinese Air Force and the leadership of the American Volunteer Group, or AVG.Formed by Chennault, the AVG, al
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Geographical, Historical, and Textual Notes; Introduction: The War that Wasn't First; Tigers over Burma; At Odds in China; The RAF's Less than Finest Hour; An Adventurers' War; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-169) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813189765
- 0813189764
- 9780813157719
- 0813157714
- OCLC:
- 900344951
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