The dragon's war : allied operations and the fate of China, 1937-1947 / Maochun Yu.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-232) and index.

The East meets the West : military aid to China from Western Europe -- The Russians are coming : the Soviet Union's military aid to China -- The Flying Tigers with sharks' teeth -- The China commando group : a British albatross -- Miles away in China : the U.S. Navy's Chinese dragon -- Uncle Sam's carbine : military and financial aid from the United States in wartime China -- The curse that was SACO -- Reading others' mail : cryptology in wartime China -- Black propaganda and morale operation -- An army of one: Stilwell's Chinese vinegar -- Mission impossible: last chance for the U.S. military and intelligence operations in China, from Wedemeyer to Marshall.

"Making full use of significant new sources in Chinese-language materials, U.S. Naval Academy professor Maochun Yu provides Western readers with the first detailed account of military and intelligence operations conducted inside China by foreign powers between 1937 and 1947. He also addresses the profound impact of these operations upon China's nationalism, wartime politics, and overall military campaigns. Arguing that operations by the USSR, the United States, Britain, and France, in particular, challenged the authority and legitimacy of the Chinese nationalist government, he illustrates how the failure of the Nationalist Government under Chiang Kai-shek to control these operations contributed to its demise following World War II."--BOOK JACKET.