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Informationen zum Autor GUANGQIU XU is Associate Professor of History at Iowa Wesleyan College. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Modern Asian Studies , The Journal of Contemporary History , and The Journal of Asian History . He is currently working on another book on the U.S. Congress and its China policy. Klappentext Based on extensive research in China, the United States, and Great Britain, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the aviation aspect of Sino-American relations during the Chinese republican period. Xu reveals new information about the important U.S. role in assisting the birth and development of both military and civil aviation in China. Analyzing the significance of air power in both its military and political contexts, Xu argues that the Nationalist Air Force considerably strengthened the Nationalist government's political and military positions without changing its existent power structure and temperament. The study also examines the role air power played in the violent partisan and patriotic power struggles within China, which illustrates how deeply China's military modernization became intertwined with competing foreign interests. Xu's discussion of the arms trading policies of various foreign powers prior to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s is particularly insightful and revealing. Although America's contribution to the establishment of Chinese aviation was at times undertaken with hesitation, U.S. assistance would ultimately change the balance of power in East Asia. Zusammenfassung Based on research in China! the USA and Britain! this is a survey of the aviation aspect of Sino-American relations during the Chinese republican period. It reveals the importance of the USA's role in assisting the birth and development of both military and civil aviation in China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Aircraft Sales and the China Arms Embargo 1919-1929 The Early Development of the Nationalist Air Force, 1929-1931 The Expansion of the Chinese Military Aviation, 1932-1936 The Nationalist Air Force during the War, 1937-1940 U.S. Government Commitment to the Chinese Air Force, 1940-1941 U.S. Air Support for China and Sino-U.S. Disagreements, 1942-1945 U.S. Air Aid and the CCP's Anti-American Campaign, 1945-1949 Conclusion Bibliography Index ...
