| The Allied Resupply Effort in the China-Burma-India Theater During World War II Contributor(s): Daugherty, Leo J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786431377 ISBN-13: 9780786431373 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: This volume takes an in-depth look at the situation the Allies faced in China, India and Burma and explores the realities of the politic-laden campaign eventually waged in this forgotten theatre during World War II. Beginning with a detailed description of the Allied situation in early 1942, the main body of the work consists of the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the re-supply effort in the China-Burma-India theatre: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kevin R. Quigley. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| LCCN: 2007038833 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.05" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. This volume explores the strategies of the Allies in China, Burma and India in World War II and the politically charged campaign waged in that theater. After an overview of the Allied situation in early 1942, the work presents the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the resupply effort in the CBI theater: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley. The service of African Americans in the CBI theatre is also discussed in detail. Appendices contain information on the organization of a motor transport truck regiment in Persia during World War II and an extract from a December 1944 log of an Air Jungle Rescue Unit in Burma. |