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Stilwell: The Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits and Chiang Kai-Shek

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By (author): David Rooney

This meticulously researched biography of the controversial American commander Joe Stilwell presents an intimate account of his career and the complex story of the Burma campaign. Stilwell was stationed in Burma during the Second World War working as Chinese military leader Chiang Kai-shek s chief of staff, the commander of the Chinese divisions in Burma and the deputy supreme commander of the SE Asia Command. Known as Vinegar Joe for his caustic personality, he famously differed in strategy from other commanders in his division. 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 recognised his contribution to the Burma Road campaign by renaming part of it the Stilwell Road. This sympathetic but critical account 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. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Mar 2018
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781526713551

About David Rooney

After World War II service in the Far East and Ghana DAVID ROONEY read history at Oxford and 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 as the best book yet on the Burma Campaign' _Wingate and the Chindits_ _Mad Mike_ _Military Mavericks_ and the highly acclaimed _Guerrill__a_. ROBERT LYNAM is the author of the best-selling _Slim Master of War_.

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