Yangtze River gunboats 1900-49
By: Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Tony Bryan
Series: New vanguard -- 181
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; Long Island City, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781849084086
Subjects: Military History; History; Gunboats; Pictorial works; Riverine operations
Other titles: Yangtze River gunboats 1900-1949
Description: "This book covers the gunboats of all the major nations that stationed naval forces in China, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, and looks at such famous incidents as the Japanese bombing of the USS Panay and the dramatic escape of the HMS Amethyst from Communist forces in 1949, which marked the end of the gunboat era."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. 47) and index.