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Vinegar Joe's war : Stilwell's campaigns for Burma
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Vinegar Joe's war : Stilwell's campaigns for Burma

Author: Nathan Prefer
Publisher: Novato, Calif. : Presido Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Bitterly disappointed that the British had failed to take offensive action in northern Burma to help open a land route from India to China, controversial general Joseph W. 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell decided to take matters into his own hands."--Jacket.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Prefer, Nathan.
Vinegar Joe's war.
Novato, Calif. : Presido Press, c2000
(OCoLC)606371672
Named Person: Joseph Warren Stilwell; Joseph Warren Stilwell
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nathan Prefer
ISBN: 089141715X 9780891417156
OCLC Number: 43845660
Description: viii, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: Mukden to Quebec --
A call for volunteers --
First mission: Walabum --
Second mission: Shaduzup --
Siege at Nhpum Ga --
Third mission: Myitkyina --
New Galahad --
From Galahad to Mars --
Tonkwa --
The Burma road --
The last battles.
Responsibility: Nathan N. Prefer.

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A military history of the U.S. army campaigns to open the Burma road to China during World War II. The successful campaign was carried out with a hastily thrown together force lacking in significant  Read more...

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by SiegfriedSchwertner (WorldCat user on 2007-10-27)

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