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02632aam a2200397 i 4500 001 B6F7CCEA898A11E8A36AED5B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180717010613 008 160216s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016007734 020 $a 0425274195 020 $a 9780425274194 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS777.533.A35 $b Y46 2016 082 00 $a 951.04/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Yenne, Bill, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a When tigers ruled the sky : $b the Flying Tigers : American outlaw pilots over China in World War II / $c Bill Yenne. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berkley Caliber, $c 2016. 300 $a viii, 359 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 610 20 $a Flying Tigers (AVG), Inc. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Aerial operations. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $x Participation, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force, 14th. $b Air Force, 14th. 610 10 $a China. $b American Volunteer Group. $b American Volunteer Group. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Yenne, Bill, 1949- author. $t When tigers ruled the sky $b First edition. $d New York : Berkley Caliber, 2016 $z 9780698155022 $w (DLC) 2016007986 941 $a 3 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20200724010313.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100543.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717035129.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B6F7CCEA898A11E8A36AED5B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search