Author:
Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Osprey, 2009.
Description48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Note:INTRODUCTION -- CHRONOLOGY -- BLUEJACKETS ASHORE, 1856 -- THE BOXER MOVEMENT, 1900. The Peking Legations - The siege -- THE RELIEF EXPEDITION. The Taku forts and Tientsin - Pei Tsang and Yang Tsun - Peking -- GARRISONS, 1900-1941. US Army, 1912-1938 - US Marines, 1927-1941 -- THE "BROWN-WATER NAVY." The 1920s - The 1930s - "FLYING TIGERS."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 42) and index.
Note:This volume reveals the little-known story of the 90-year presence of American forces in China until the fall of Peking in 1941. Included is coverage of the first operations on the Pearl River in 1856 as well as US involvement in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. As China entered a chaotic period in her history, known as the years of the "Warlords", American marines also participated in numerous small-scale amphibious landings. Finally, during the later Sino-Japanese War and early into World War II, US volunteers of the "Flying Tigers" became renowned for their combat missions in support of Chinese Nationalist forces, and their aerial duels are also recounted by the author who has spent several years researching the subject in the US and China.
