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[[Image:Cbi-1941.jpg|thumb|300px|Japan's plans to control key areas of China, 1941; Japan already held Manchuria as the puppet state of [[Manchukuo]]]] | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* Liang, Chin-Tun. ''Gen. Stilwell in China, 1942-1944'' (1972), a pro-Chiang view | * Liang, Chin-Tun. ''Gen. Stilwell in China, 1942-1944'' (1972), a pro-Chiang view | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 20 June 2008
Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883 - 1946), was an American general who held high command in World War II as commander of American forces in the China-Burma-India theater, commander of the main Chinese armies in Burma, (1942-44) with four-star rank, and, as commander in the late stages of the battle of Okinawa in 1945. He was scheduled to lead the invasion of Japan when the war suddenly ended.
Career
World War II
Japan's plans to control key areas of China, 1941; Japan already held Manchuria as the puppet state of Manchukuo
Bibliography
- Liang, Chin-Tun. Gen. Stilwell in China, 1942-1944 (1972), a pro-Chiang view
- Romanus, Charles F. and Riley Sunderland. Stilwell's Mission to China (1953), official U.S, Army history online edition
- Romanus, Charles F. and Riley Sunderland. Stilwell's Command Problems (1956) online edition
- Schaller Michael. The U.S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945. (1979).
- Tuchman, Barbara. Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45, (1972), 624pp; Pulitzer prize excerpt and text search
Primary Sources
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren. The Stilwell papers edited by Theodore H. White, (1958).