TY - BOOK AU - Grieve,William G. TI - The American military mission to China, 1941-1942: lend-lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation AV - D753.2.C6 G75 2014eb U1 - 940.54/25108913 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers KW - United States KW - Military Mission to China KW - History KW - Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) KW - International cooperation KW - 20th century KW - Military assistance, American KW - China KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Diplomatic history KW - Relations KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10828985 ER -