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When tigers ruled the sky : the Flying Tigers : American outlaw pilots over China in World War II / Bill Yenne.
Record details
- ISBN: 0425274195 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780425274194 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780425274194 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0425274195 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780698155022
- ISBN: 0698155025
- Physical Description: viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Caliber, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The warlord and the Japanese -- The formative years of a visionary loner -- Young tigers -- Chiang Kai-Shek and the Americans -- Young tigers get their wings -- A bridge to war -- Warplanes for a generalissimo on the run -- American volunteers for China skies -- Bounty hunters and farmers sail for China -- The old man of Toungoo and his buccaneers -- The war comes to Southeast Asia -- Stale bread and fair weather friends -- To do something in this war -- Flying Tigers in Asian skies -- Blood and fire overRangoon -- We cannot hold Burma without Chinese help -- Make them pay -- To the Gold Coast and beyond -- From tedium to rat race -- Turning points -- Unrest in the ranks -- The last days of Lei Yun -- Last exits -- Saving China while the quarterback hiked -- Scotty and the tigers -- Fixated upon a mirage -- Bombing season -- Countdown to dissolve day -- Coming out of the cold on a shoestring -- From Flying Tigers into hungry mastiffs -- Out of China -- And into history. The warlord and the Japanese -- The formative years of a visionary loner -- Young tigers -- Chiang Kai-Shek and the Americans -- Young tigers get their wings -- A bridge to war -- Warplanes for a generalissimo on the run -- American volunteers for China skies -- Bounty hunters and farmers sail for China -- The old man of Toungoo and his buccaneers -- The war comes to Southeast Asia -- Stale bread and fair weather friends -- To do something in this war -- Flying Tigers in Asian skies -- Blood and fire over Rangoon -- We cannot hold Burma without Chinese help -- Make them pay -- To the Gold Coast and beyond -- From tedium to rat race -- Turning points -- Unrest in the ranks -- The last days of Lei Yun -- Last exits -- Saving China while the quarterback hiked -- Scotty and the tigers -- Fixated upon a mirage -- Bombing season -- Countdown to dissolve day -- Coming out of the cold on a shoestring -- From Flying Tigers into hungry mastiffs -- Out of China -- And into history. |
| Summary, etc.: | Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Windham Free Library - Windham Center | 951.042 YEN (Text) | 33760146536826 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
