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Loading... Stilwell: the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits and Chiang Kai-Shek (edition 2018)by David Rooney (Author)
Work InformationStilwell by D. D. Rooney
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Interesting person who I've read little about. The author obviously is a big fan of Stilwell but also noted some of his faults and failures. He does portray a negative picture of Chiang-Kai-shek and his relationship with Gen Stilwell as someone who would not give Gen Stilwell the ability to lead the men he placed under him. I feel I need to read a lot more about this part of the war to have a good handle on it but this helped illuminate the Eastern theater more for me. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesBallantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century (War Leader 04) Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II (War Leader 4)
This new and meticulously researched biography of the controversial American commander Joe Stilwell presents an admirably lucid account of his career and the complex story of the Burma campaign. Stilwell spent most of World War II as Chiang Kai-Shek's chief of staff in China. He was often at odds with the British generals Wavell, Slim and Wingate, men with whom he was to co-operate in Burma. These arguments earned him the nickname of 'Vinegar' Joe. Stilwell and George Marshall had planned to have ninety Chinese divisions armed by the USA. Had they succeeded, in 1945 they would have been strong enough to defeat the Communists and would have changed the course of Chinese, if not world, history. Although Chiang had Stilwell dismissed, he recognized his contribution to the Burma Road campaign by renaming part of it the Stilwell Road. This sympathetic but critical biography analyses the passions of an American patriot, infuriated by Chiang's dishonesty and chicanery, and looks at the possible outcome had Stilwell's views prevailed. After World War II service in the Far East and Ghana, David Rooney read history at Oxford and subsequently took a research degree in Commonwealth History. His career in education included four years as Senior Lecturer at RMA Sandhurst. His writings include Burma Victory, considered by Brigadier Michael Calvert the best book yet on the Burma Campaign, Wingate and the Chindits, Mad Mike, and his recent highly acclaimed Guerrilla. Robert Lyman is the author of the best-selling Slim, Master of War. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5425092History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Campaigns and battles by theatreLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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