China Marine / E.B. Sledge ; foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose ; introduction by Joseph H. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--China.

Americans.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.

United States. Marine Corps--History.

United States. Marine Corps--Biography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After Japan's surrender in 1945, Sledge and his company were sent to China to maintain order and to calm the seething cauldron of political and ideological unrest created by opposing factions. His regiment was the first Marine unit to return to the ancient city of Peiping (now Beijing) where they witnessed the last of old China and the rise of the Communist state.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword

Stephen E. Ambrose ix

Preface xiii

Introduction

Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret.) xvii

China Marine 1

Epilogue: I Am Not the Man I Would Have Been 149

Suggestions for Further Reading 161

Index 163.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-162) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8688-2

OCLC:

881570729