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I heartily recommend the book Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman for the most accurate rendering of what was really going on during this period.

Amazon has it for $13.40. I will order it tomorrow. Thanks for the tip. If I am going to be posting articles for some time to come it is important that I have good sources for info on what was really going on. That helps make the exercise enlightening.

"I heartily recommend the book Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman for the most accurate rendering of what was really going on during this period.

Amazon has it for $13.40. I will order it tomorrow. Thanks for the tip."

Tuchman's book

Tuchman is one of the best of the best historians. Highly recommended. Check out the reviews on this book! From one:

"Stilwell was generally contemptuous and disrespectful toward those with whom he disagreed (mostly Chiang Kai-Shek). This was a source of irritation to FDR, who felt that Chiang Kai-Shek was a head of state, and ought to be accorded the level of respect due one in that position. Stilwell did not see it that way. He constantly referred to Chiang in his diary as "Peanut," or "Hickory Head." Several times he referred to FDR himself as "Rubber Legs." The Japanese he called "buck-toothed bastards." "

You gotta love that Stilwell. ;-)