The American Military Mission to China, 1941-1942 : Lend-Lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation /
Grieve, William G., 1937-
The American Military Mission to China, 1941-1942 : Lend-Lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation / William G. Grieve. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies 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"--
9781476612904
United States. Military Mission to China --History.
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
International cooperation--History--20th century.
Military assistance, American--History--China--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
Electronic Books.
D753 / .A447 2014
The American Military Mission to China, 1941-1942 : Lend-Lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation / William G. Grieve. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies 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"--
9781476612904
United States. Military Mission to China --History.
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
International cooperation--History--20th century.
Military assistance, American--History--China--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
Electronic Books.
D753 / .A447 2014