Gunboats and marines
Subtitle: the United States Navy in China, 1925-1928
By: Bernard D. Cole.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: United States. Navy -- History -- 20th century; United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century; China -- History -- 1912-1928
Description: "The 1920s were years of turmoil in China, as revolution and civil war spread throughout the country. The many Americans then in China -- primarily missionaries, businessmen, and diplomats -- were caught in this upheaval. Their safety often depended on the armed protection of the sailors and marines of the United States Asiatic Fleet. In the middle 1920s, however, this fleet consisted of one cruiser, two divisions of submarines, about twenty destroyers, a dozen gunboats, and assigned Marine Corps detachments. This book tells the dramatic story of the role the United States Navy played during this tumultuous period of Chinese history"--Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 210-217.
Includes index.