TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klinkowitz,Jerome
TI  - With the Tigers over China, 1941-1942 /Jerome Klinkowitz
SN  - 9780813157719
AV  - D790 .W584 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Aerial operations
KW  - Aerial operations, British
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: The War that Wasn't First --; Tigers over Burma --; At Odds in China --; The RAF's Less than Finest Hour --; An Adventurers' War; 2; b
N2  - "In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII While leaders in Washington and London viewed the Far East as a lost cause, pilots including Claire Chennault, "Pappy" Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater."--Jacket; "Formed by Chennault, also known as the Flying-Tigers, were contract employees working for the Chinese government. As a result, they received virtually no official American recognition for their efforts. The group was known for-their romantic, reckless spirit. They performed remarkably with outdated planes and equipment in ill-repair, were almost always heavily outnumbered in battle, and were seen by outsiders as hard-drinking rebels."--Jacket; "Jerome Klinkowitz brings together not only the commanders' stories but the often more colorful - and sometimes more accurate - accounts of life and battle by the men who flew these planes and the women who participated on the ground."--Jacket
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