The American military mission to China, 1941-1942 : lend-lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation / William G. Grieve.
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- online resource
- 9781476612904 (e-book)
- United States. Military Mission to China -- History
- Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century
- Military assistance, American -- China -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- United States -- Relations -- China
- China -- Relations -- United States
- 940.54/25108913 23
- D753.2.C6 G75 2014eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Creation of the mission : why AMMISCA was established -- America before the Lend-Lease Program : isolationism and anti-war feelings -- The commanders : the leaders of World War II in Asia -- Culture clash : the historical foundation of Sino-Western relations -- The antecedents of the Burma-to-China supply route -- Early East Asian advisory missions -- Maintenance and repairs on the Burma Road -- The mission's involvement at Rangoon -- Logistics problems on the Burma Road -- The mission's role in the American volunteer Group -- International strategic planning -- The culmination of AMMISCA -- Epilogue.
"Here is an overview of America's first effort in military aid to a foreign sovereign nation at a time when Europe was engaged in open warfare and Asia was undergoing a series of military confrontations"-- Provided by publisher.
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