Steven K. Bailey

Bold Venture

The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945

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Produktbeschreibung

Bold Venture tells an important and riveting untold wartime story of the American airmen who flew combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second World War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781640121041
• ISBN-10: 1640121048
• Artikelnr.: 52904450

Autorenporträt

Steven K. Bailey is an associate professor of English at Central Michigan University, where he teaches nonfiction writing courses and specializes in writing program administration. He has published articles on wartime Hong Kong in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch and is the author of Strolling in Macau: A Visitor’s Guide to Macau, Taipa, and Coloane and Exploring Hong Kong: A Visitor’s Guide to Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
1. Eyes over Hong Kong
2. Chennault
3. Fried Eggs or Scrambled?
4. Tai-tai! Planes Are Coming!
5. Paddy Mud
6. Night Raid on North Point
7. Somewhere in Southern China
8. Dud Bombs and Dead Fish
9. It Was a Honey
10. Colbert’s Walk Out
11. Sweepy-Time Gal
12. Gulls, Pigeons, and Jays
13. The Death of Chan Lim-pak
14. Convoy Hi-87
15. Devils Incarnate
16. Gangway Special
17. Playing with Fire
18. Bold Venture
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index