A few planes for China
Subtitle: the birth of the Flying Tigers
By: Eugenie Buchan
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781611688665
Subjects: Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945; American Participation; China; Aerial operations; China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chiang's rotten Air Force; title: Burma roads; title: Plane aid; title: Bruce Leighton's guerrilla air corps; title: Business, the Chinese way; title: T.V. Soong's mission to Washington; title: A few planes for China; title: Roosevelt's dilemma; title: Bombing Japan; title: Tomahawks for China; title: Robbing Churchill to pay Chiang; title: The private military contractor; title: Diplomatic skirmishes; title: Reinforcing the Philippines; title: Favoring Currie; title: The mercenary's contract; title: Recruiters and recruited; title: The international air force; title: Staying on in Burma; title: Squabbling over bullets; title: AVG summer camp; title: The short-term air program for China; title: Currie gets in a jam; title: Magruder's mission; title: Countdown to war; title: Epilogue.