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The 308ths wideranging activities through nearly three years of bitter air warfare are described here by reknowned author CV Glines
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At the end of World War II young American pilot Felix Smith had to chose between returning home to a steady airline job in Wisconsin and remaining in Asia However life in the Midwest could not compete with the excitement and seductive mystique of flying in the Orient He stayed overseas for almost three decadesSmith became one of the first pilots of Civil Air Transport or CAT the Chinabased airline cofounded by Claire Chennault the famed leader of the Flying Tigers Ferrying troops and equipment for the Nationalists during Chinas civil war CAT was also a lifeline that provided medicine and supplies to Chinas suffering masses during these difficult years Later CAT flew under CIA contract during the French war in Indochina the Korean War Americans secret war in Laos and the Vietnam War A true aviation pioneer Felix Smith was in the cockpit from the beginning and saw it allWith an appreciation of the eccentric and an eye for the exotic Smith brings to life the colorful courageous people who kept CAT aloft despite its reputation as the worlds most shotat airline Foremost was the indomitable Chennault whom Smith knew well Then there were the rugged pilots such as the legendary James Earthquake Magoon McGovern killed flying supplies to the besieged French forces at Dien Bien Phu and many others who risked their lives for freedom
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Heres the story of how a handful of young Americans fighting with improvised equipment commanded the air against superior enemy forces and won Written by a radio operator who served as a member of the AVG American Volunteer Group throughout their ex
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A pilot for the Chinabased airline reputed to be the most shot at in the world Felix Smith recounts in vivid detail his experiences ferrying troops and equipment for the Nationalists during Chinas civil war providing medicine and supplies to wartorn regions and flying under CIA contract during the French war in Indochina the Korean War Americas secret war in Laos and the Vietnam War China Pilot provides a rare view of the Cold War in Asia documenting not only the hairraising adventures of Civil Air Transports pilots but also those of the men and women behind the scenes
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From back cover We began at Toungoo in July 1941 with a kindergarten for teaching bomber pilots how to fly fighters Within a few months Claire Chennault had welded his men into a first rate air guerrilla force bombing and strafing in the service of China Known as the Flying Tigers they were spurred on by a reward of 500 dollars for every Japanese plane downed
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A definitive biography of the legendary leader of the Flying Tigers and the US Fourteenth Air Force in China
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Electrifying chronicle of topsecret bomber missions with the famous Flying Tigers This book records the World War II experiences of Capt Elmer E Haynes who flew lowaltitude night radar strikes against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea and daylight raids against various enemy landbased installations in eastern and central China Haynes flew secretly developed B24 Liberator bombers that were equipped with radar that had been integrated with the Norden Bombsight for night missions These B24s operated with the 14th Air ForceGeneral Chennaults Flying Tigers The bombing attacks were so accurate and successful that in a little over a year Haynes and his fellow pilots sank approximately a million tons of Japanese shipping
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This wonderful book Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China 18451945 by Elizabeth J Perry is a brilliant study of Chinas social history It would be hard to find a book that addresses itself more squarely to the great task of making contemporary China and late imperial China historically comprehensible in term of each other
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The reign of Emperor Jiaqing 17961820 CE has long occupied an awkward position in studies of Chinas last dynasty the Qing 16441911 CE Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic postOpium War era this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two wellstudied epochs of great transformation White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates presents a major reassessment of this misunderstood period by examining how the emperors bureaucrats and foreigners responded to the two crises that shaped the transition from the Qianlong to the Jiaqing reignWensheng Wang argues that the dramatic combination of internal uprising and transnational piracy rather than being a hallmark of inexorable dynastic decline propelled the Manchu court to reorganize itself through a series of modifications in policymaking and bureaucratic structure The resulting Jiaqing reforms initiated a process of state retreat that pulled the Qing Empire out of a cycle of aggressive overextension and resistance and back onto a more sustainable track of development Although this pragmatic striving for political sustainability was unable to save the dynasty from ultimate collapse it represented a durable and constructive approach to the compounding problems facing the late Qing regime and helped sustain it for another century As one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Jiaqing reign White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates provides a fresh understanding of this significant turning point in Chinas long imperial history
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A portentous tale of rural rebellion unfolds in Bruce Gilleys moving chronicle of a village on the northern China plains during the post1978 economic reform era Gilley examines how Daqiu Village led by Yu Zuomin a charismatic Communist Party secretary and president of the local industrial conglomerate became the richest village in China and a model for the rural reforms of the 1980s and early 1990s A growing campaign of political resistance led to increasing tensions between the villagers and the Chinese state and eventually in an event that made headlines around the world an armed confrontation between the village and higher authorities backed by paramilitary police brought Yu Zuomin and his village crashing down
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The reign of Emperor Jiaqing 17961820 CE has long occupied an awkward position in studies of Chinas last dynasty the Qing 16441911 CE Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic postOpium War era this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two wellstudied epochs of great transformation White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates presents a major reassessment of this misunderstood period by examining how the emperors bureaucrats and foreigners responded to the two crises that shaped the transition from the Qianlong to the Jiaqing reignWensheng Wang argues that the dramatic combination of internal uprising and transnational piracy rather than being a hallmark of inexorable dynastic decline propelled the Manchu court to reorganize itself through a series of modifications in policymaking and bureaucratic structure The resulting Jiaqing reforms initiated a process of state retreat that pulled the Qing Empire out of a cycle of aggressive overextension and resistance and back onto a more sustainable track of development Although this pragmatic striving for political sustainability was unable to save the dynasty from ultimate collapse it represented a durable and constructive approach to the compounding problems facing the late Qing regime and helped sustain it for another century As one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Jiaqing reign White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates provides a fresh understanding of this significant turning point in Chinas long imperial history
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Born to Fly Chinas wideopen skies were perfectnbspif you didnt mind typhoons sand storms nbspblizzards uncharted mountains and nbspJapanese Zeros hunting you Billy McDonald of Birmingham Alabama had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight and into World War IInbsp He jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennaults famed aerobatic flying group Three Men on a Flying Trapeze In China he moved from instructor for the Chinese Air Force to combat pilot flying Chennaults legendary Hawk 75 Special against the Japanese over Nanking in 1937 He began by ferrying worldfamous passengers like Hemingway and highvalue cargo like gold for the China National Aviation Corporation and then flew gasoline and gunpowder over The Hump Himalayas for Chennaults Flying Tigers and the Chinese Armynbsp Through it all controversial and legendary aviator Claire Lee Chennault remained his mentor often his boss and always his friend indelibly shaping his lifenbsp This is the story of a remarkable career and a man who bore witness to some of the twentieth centurys historic events and pivotal characters Mac tells us the tale in his own words through newlydiscovered photos correspondence and manuscriptsnbsp
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A balanced welldocumented portrait of a brave and controversial airman who commanded a training air force for Nationalist ChinaBorn in rural Louisiana in 1893 Claire Lee Chennault worked as a teacher before joining the army and becoming a commissioned officer Although he was initially rejected for flight school he continued to apply and was finally accepted in 1918 He eventually became the lead pilot in the US Army Air Corps precision flying teamDuring this time Chennault developed airtoair combat techniques that he believed should play a decisive role in warfare However his opinion contradicted the official Air Corps policy that military aircraft be used primarily for strategic bombing Chennaults frustration and dissatisfaction with this stance was so great that when Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek offered him the opportunity to lead advanced fighter pilot training in China he quickly left the American military and accepted the position in 1937 There he played a key role in the formation of the American Volunteer Group AVG popularly known as the Flying TigersThe aviators of the Flying Tigers fought against Japan on behalf of China before and during World War II Early war newsreels showing them defending Burma mythologized the fighter pilots and Chennault became a romantic hero to the American public In 1942 the AVG was deactivated and Chennault returned to active duty with the Air Corps but his disregard for traditional military procedure earned him many enemies among his peers and superiors and he eventually retiredThis book was originally published in hardcover in 1987 by The University of Alabama Press It was hailed as the best of several biographies of Chennault Reference and Research Book News stated This book is of far better quality than the others previously released The research employed by the author and the depth of detail give the reader an accurate picture of this controversial and charismatic man
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Billy McDonald of Birmingham Alabama had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight and into World War II He jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennaults famed aerobatic flying group Three Men on a Flying Trapeze In China he moved from instructor for the Chinese Air Force to combat pilot flying Chennaults legendary Hawk 75 Special against the Japanese over Nanking in 1937 He began by ferrying worldfamous passengers like Hemingway and highvalue cargo like gold for the China National Aviation Corporation and then flew gasoline and gunpowder over The Hump Himalayas for Chennaults Flying Tigers and the Chinese Army Through it all controversial and legendary aviator Claire Lee Chennault remained his mentor often his boss and always his friend indelibly shaping his life This is the story of a remarkable career and a man who bore witness to some of the twentieth centurys historic events and pivotal characters Mac tells us the tale in his own words through newlydiscovered photos correspondence and manuscripts
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Staffed with inexperienced USAAF pilots and led by a handful of seasoned veterans of the American Volunteer Group AVG the 23rd FG was formed in the field at Kunming in China on July 4 1942 and flew combat missions that same day The groups three squadrons the 74th 75th and 76th Fighter Squadrons were initially equipped with warweary P40s handed down from the AVG These were supplemented by the attached 16th FS flying new P40Es and all squadrons adorned the noses of their airplanes with fearsome and iconic sharksmouth designsThe 23rd FG fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese steadily moving pilots and aircraft from one remote air base to another to keep the enemy off balance Because China could only be supplied by air from India there were constant shortages of aircraft fuel and ammunition with which to contend The 23rd FG met these challenges headon and by the end of the war its pilots had compiled a score of 594 aerial victories and nearly 400 ground kills Among the 47 aces who flew in the 23rd were colorful characters such as David L Tex Hill Robert L Bob Scott and Clinton D Casey The human cost was high however 126 pilots lost their lives in China while serving in the 23rd
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Billy McDonald of Birmingham Alabama had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight and into World War II He jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennaults famed aerobatic flying group Three Men on a Flying Trapeze In China he moved from instructor for the Chinese Air Force to combat pilot flying Chennaults legendary Hawk 75 Special against the Japanese over Nanking in 1937 He began by ferrying worldfamous passengers like Hemingway and highvalue cargo like gold for the China National Aviation Corporation and then flew gasoline and gunpowder over The Hump Himalayas for Chennaults Flying Tigers and the Chinese Army Through it all controversial and legendary aviator Claire Lee Chennault remained his mentor often his boss and always his friend indelibly shaping his life This is the story of a remarkable career and a man who bore witness to some of the twentieth centurys historic events and pivotal characters Mac tells us the tale in his own words through newlydiscovered photos correspondence and manuscripts
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A balanced welldocumented portrait of a brave and controversial airman who commanded a training air force for Nationalist ChinaBorn in rural Louisiana in 1893 Claire Lee Chennault worked as a teacher before joining the army and becoming a commissioned officer Although he was initially rejected for flight school he continued to apply and was finally accepted in 1918 He eventually became the lead pilot in the US Army Air Corps precision flying teamDuring this time Chennault developed airtoair combat techniques that he believed should play a decisive role in warfare However his opinion contradicted the official Air Corps policy that military aircraft be used primarily for strategic bombing Chennaults frustration and dissatisfaction with this stance was so great that when Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek offered him the opportunity to lead advanced fighter pilot training in China he quickly left the American military and accepted the position in 1937 There he played a key role in the formation of the American Volunteer Group AVG popularly known as the Flying TigersThe aviators of the Flying Tigers fought against Japan on behalf of China before and during World War II Early war newsreels showing them defending Burma mythologized the fighter pilots and Chennault became a romantic hero to the American public In 1942 the AVG was deactivated and Chennault returned to active duty with the Air Corps but his disregard for traditional military procedure earned him many enemies among his peers and superiors and he eventually retiredThis book was originally published in hardcover in 1987 by The University of Alabama Press It was hailed as the best of several biographies of Chennault Reference and Research Book News stated This book is of far better quality than the others previously released The research employed by the author and the depth of detail give the reader an accurate picture of this controversial and charismatic man
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