The Hump [electronic resource] : America's strategy for keeping China in World War II / John D. Plating.
Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 134.Publication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 331 pISBN:- 9781603442374 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1603442375 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1603442383 (e-book)
- 9781603442381 (e-book)
- United States. Army Air Forces -- Transport service -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Himalaya Mountains
- Airlift, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Military doctrine -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945
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- D790.2 .P59 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the Marco Polo Bridge to ABC Ferry Command -- Terrain, weather, pilots, and planes -- "Barnstorming" over the Hump -- The Hump and an ascendant CBI air strategy -- "Ten thousand tons by Christmas" -- The Hump goes to war -- The Hump becomes an airline -- The end of the Hump -- Notes.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.