To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960 |
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... President Roosevelt summoned both Chennault and Stilwell to Washington , to restate their cases . Chennault made a fine impression . After he had presented his plan , he recalled , President Roosevelt " banged his fist on the desk and ...
... President Roosevelt summoned both Chennault and Stilwell to Washington , to restate their cases . Chennault made a fine impression . After he had presented his plan , he recalled , President Roosevelt " banged his fist on the desk and ...
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... President and Churchill traveled on to Teheran , to meet Stalin , the talk swung naturally to the war against Germany . Stalin and Churchill were skeptical about China's power , and wanted full allied cooperation on the massive cross ...
... President and Churchill traveled on to Teheran , to meet Stalin , the talk swung naturally to the war against Germany . Stalin and Churchill were skeptical about China's power , and wanted full allied cooperation on the massive cross ...
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... President . Though the Joint Chiefs were sympathetic , the meeting with the President was most unsettling . Later Wedemeyer was to describe the sick President as having been obviously incapable of understanding the Communist menace : I ...
... President . Though the Joint Chiefs were sympathetic , the meeting with the President was most unsettling . Later Wedemeyer was to describe the sick President as having been obviously incapable of understanding the Communist menace : I ...
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