Mission to Yenan : American Liaison with the Chinese Communists, 1944-1947 / Carolle J. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Carolle J., 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HISTORY / Military / World War II.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conventional wisdom informs us that ""only Nixon could go to China."" In fact, in 1944, nearly thirty years before his historic trip, the American military established the first liaison and intelligence-gathering mission with the Chinese Communists in Yenan. Commonly referred to as the Dixie Mission, the detached military unit sent to Yenan was responsible for transmitting weather information, assisting the Communists in their rescue of downed American flyers, and laying the groundwork for an eventual rapprochement between the Communists and Nationalists, the two sides struggling in the ongoin

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Origins of the Dixie Mission; 2. Life in Yenan; 3. The Observer Group in Operation; 4. Communications; 5. Diplomacy, Differences, and Patrick J. Hurley; 6. The Communist Attempt to Bypass Hurley; 7. Intelligence Gathering in Yenan; 8. The Marshall Mission and the End of Dixie; 9. The Dixie Mission in Retrospect; Appendix. Pinyin to Wade-Giles; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Maps of China 1945 on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813182940

0813182948

9780813156545

0813156548

9780813170534

0813170532

OCLC:

47011291