Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China 1920-1942 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China 1920-1942 write by U. S. Navy. This book was released on 2013-01-09. Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China 1920-1942 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, 1920-1942, as Described in the Annual Reports of the Navy Department.A very nice historic collection.
Yangtze Patrol
Yangtze Patrol - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yangtze Patrol write by Kemp Tolley. This book was released on 2013-01-15. Yangtze Patrol available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river greatly benefited the integrity of the shoreline factories. Tolley was a young naval officer in the 1930s when assigned gunboat duty, first in the Mindanao, then in the Tutuila, and finally the Wake in August 1941. His colorful description of life as a ""river rat"" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats in that distant land. In the process of telling their story he covers a century of Chinese history, replete with warlords and mandarins, bandits and kidnappers, missionaries and mercenaries, riots and revolution. He presents a knowledgeable summary of the political situation in China up to World War II, including the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, and the Nanking incident. Far more than a routine account of naval operations on the great Yangtze, this book is an unforgettable reading experience that has attracted readers since 1971 when it was first published in hardcover.
Gunboat on the Yangtze
Gunboat on the Yangtze - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gunboat on the Yangtze write by Glenn F. Howell. This book was released on 2015-10-03. Gunboat on the Yangtze available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Captain Glenn F. Howell kept a detailed account of his activities in China for 62 years. His journals now make up 202 leather-bound volumes--one of the largest sources in existence, perhaps the largest, of servicemen's observations of service in China during that country's struggle to oust one power and come to grips with a new one between World War I and II. This work presents Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. First comes a biography of Howell, an overview of Chinese history from 1800 to 1920, and a history of the United States military involvement in China during those years. Howell's time as commander of the USS Palos is divided into three sections. Preceding each, the editor comments on the nature of the upcoming diary entries. Howell covers a range of topics, including the Chinese people, various important locales (e.g., the Three Gorges), making official visits, (his first as a captain), officer-enlisted man relations, opium, the steam navy, people who influenced him (S. Cornell Plant and Captain Joseph Miclo, skipper of the Meitan), missionaries and other foreigners in China (including U.S. military retirees), and "trackers" (China's human beasts of burden.)
American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941
American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941 write by David H. Grover. This book was released on 1992-11-17. American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work describes the activities of a handful of American companies and about eighty American captains who were trying to run ships on China's great river during the treacherous days between the two world wars. The considerable physical dangers of the Yangtze itself were compounded by the greater human hazards imposed by constant fighting among warlords, piracy, brigandry, kidnapping, opium and munitions smuggling, corruption, seizures, and other forms of intimidation. The events recall--and surpass--anything of the Wild West in American frontier history. No American steamship company survived longer than twelve years in this environment, but Standard Oil, which was sheltered from the worst of the violence, was able to operate its ships throughout the entire period. More than a naval/military, or even economic, history, this book is also a commentary on a significant but largely unsuccessful American commercial venture overseas--one that was eventually scuttled by the actions of the Chinese and the American companies themselves. Ship buffs, maritime historians, students of the evolution of modern China, and those interested in American commercial history will find this study useful and entertaining.
Yangtze Patrol
Yangtze Patrol - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yangtze Patrol write by Kemp Tolley. This book was released on 1971. Yangtze Patrol available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
