Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, Macmillan [�1971]Description: xv, 621 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cmSubject(s):- Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
- China Foreign relations United States
- Geschichte 1911-1945
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren 1883-1946
- United States Foreign relations China
- World War, 1939-1945 China
- 951.04/2/0924 B
- E745.S68 T8
- 15.06
- 15.79
- 15.87
- Pulizer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1972.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-552).
Foundations of an officer -- Visitor to Revolution: china, 1911 -- The Great War: St. Mihiel and Shantung -- Assignment to Peking: years of the warlords, 1920-23 -- The "can do" regiment and the rise of Chiang Kai-shek, 1926-29 -- "Vinegar Joe," 1929-35 -- Military Attach�e: China's last chance, 1935-37 -- Military Attach�e: Sino-Japanese War, 1937-39 -- The rush to prepare 1939-41 -- "I'll go where I'm sent", December 1941-February 1942 -- "A hell of a beating", March-May 1942 -- The client, June -- October 1942 -- "Peanut and I on a raft", August 1942 -- January 1943 -- The President's policy, January-May 1943 -- Stillwell must go, June-October 1943 -- China's hour at Cairo, November-December 1943 -- The road back, December 1943-July 1944 -- "The future of all Asia is at stake", June-September 1944 -- The limits of "can do", September-November 1944 -- "We ought to get out- now", 1945-46 -- Appendix: Road-building, 1921: Haphazard conversations by Major Joseph W. Stilwell.
In tracing the fortunes of America's commander in China during World War II, the author attempts to explore the U.S.'s involvement with the Chinese.
Pulizer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1972.
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