The Maverick War: Chennault and the Flying Tigers
by Duane Schultz
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$12.16A$8.51
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About This Item
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987 St. Martin's Press, New York. 1987. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a publisher's stamp on the RFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. Black paper over boards with black buckram overlay on the spine; bright silver lettering on the spine. 335 pp 8vo. This book covers the US's first covert operations venture against a foreign power- The Flying Tigers who pursued an air war against the Japanese in China, India, and Burma. (CBI Theater) beginning in 1937. Led by Claire Chennault (later General Chennault) the Flying Tigers were under Chinese control as the 1st American Volunteer Group and utilized all volunteer American pilots. After Pearl Harbor they became an American asset but were still working with Chiang Kai-Chek to attack Japanese targets in China. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015825
- Title
- The Maverick War: Chennault and the Flying Tigers
- Author
- Duane Schultz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Flying Tigers, General Claire Chennault, World War II, World War II in China, Chiang Kai-Chek, Madame Chiang, Japanese Army, General Stillwell, Volunteer pilots,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.