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02527aam a2200421 i 4500 001 C114EA1EF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 170420s2017 nhuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017018922 020 $a 1611688663 020 $a 9781611688665 035 $a (OCoLC)982090633 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCL $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DS777.533.A35 $b B83 2017 082 00 $a 951.04/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Buchan, Eugenie, $e author. 245 12 $a A few planes for China : $b the birth of the Flying Tigers / $c Eugenie Buchan. 264 1 $a Lebanon NH : $b ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, $c [2017] 300 $a xv, 252 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Chiang's rotten Air Force -- Burma roads -- Plane aid -- Bruce Leighton's guerrilla air corps -- Business, the Chinese way -- T.V. Soong's mission to Washington -- A few planes for China -- Roosevelt's dilemma -- Bombing Japan -- Tomahawks for China -- Robbing Churchill to pay Chiang -- The private military contractor -- Diplomatic skirmishes -- Reinforcing the Philippines -- Favoring Currie -- The mercenary's contract -- Recruiters and recruited -- The international air force -- Staying on in Burma -- Squabbling over bullets -- AVG summer camp -- The short-term air program for China -- Currie gets in a jam -- Magruder's mission -- Countdown to war -- Epilogue. 610 10 $a China. $b American Volunteer Group. $b American Volunteer Group. 610 17 $a China. $b American Volunteer Group. $b American Volunteer Group. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00514550 611 27 $a Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01431391 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Participation, American. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Aerial operations. 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710198 650 7 $a Military participation $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353700 648 7 $a 1937-1945 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Buchan, Eugenie, author. $t Few planes for China $d Lebanon NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017] $z 9781512601299 $w (DLC) 2017019594 941 $a 2 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20190423015201.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180104062214.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C114EA1EF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search