When tigers ruled the sky: the Flying Tigers: American outlaw pilots over China in World War II [First edition] 9780425274194, 9780698155022, 0698155025

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When tigers ruled the sky: the Flying Tigers: American outlaw pilots over China in World War II [First edition]
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Table of contents :
The warlord and the Japanese --
The formative years of a visionary loner --
Young tigers --
Chiang Kai-Shek and the Americans --
Young tigers get their wings --
A bridge to war --
Warplanes for a generalissimo on the run --
American volunteers for China skies --
Bounty hunters and farmers sail for China --
The old man of Toungoo and his buccaneers --
The war comes to Southeast Asia --
Stale bread and fair weather friends --
To do something in this war --
Flying Tigers in Asian skies --
Blood and fire over Rangoon --
We cannot hold Burma without Chinese help --
Make them pay --
To the Gold Coast and beyond --
From tedium to rat race --
Turning points --
Unrest in the ranks --
The last days of Lei Yun --
Last exits --
Saving China while the quarterback hiked --
Scotty and the tigers --
Fixated upon a mirage --
Bombing season --
Countdown to dissolve day --
Coming out of the cold on a shoestring --
From Flying Tigers into hungry mastiffs --
Out of China --
And into history.

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