Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939 9780821412282

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Автор: John Seymour Letcher
Название: Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939
ISBN: 9780821412282
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

Автобиографии: общее жизнеописание

История Азии

Вторая мировая война

Военная жизнь и институты

Другие вопросы военных действий и обороны

ISBN-10: 0821412280
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 262
Вес: 0.65 кг.
Дата издания: 1998-04-01
Язык: English
Размер: 234 x 159 x 24
Читательская аудитория: Undergraduate
Основная тема: Asian history,Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military,HISTORY / Asia / China,HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
Подзаголовок: The wartime letters of u.s. marine captain john seymour letcher, 1937-1939
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Описание: For two and a half years (1937-1939), Captain John Seymour Letcher commanded a company of the U.S. Embassy Marine Guard in Peking. During that time, he wrote a series of letters to his parents in Virginia describing the life of a Westerner in the former imperial city. During that same time, China was invaded by Japan.

Captain Letcher describes the flavor of life in pre-Communist China — the food, servants, cold Peking winters and torrid summers, hunting, and excursions to the major tourist sites.

But his letters also tell of the Japanese slaughter of Chinese troops in the opening days of the Sino-Japanese War. He wrote about life in a city under Japanese occupation and the stirring story of the Chinese guerrillas rebounding from devastating defeat.

These letters and accompanying introduction, preface, and notes, draw attention to the Western experience in a place and time largely overlooked by military historians and modern China specialists.

Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939, John Seymour Letcher