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001 2011453134
003 DLC
005 20120302083519.0
008 110718s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011453134
020 $a9781849084086 (pbk.)
020 $a1849084084 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-ccg--
050 00 $aDS793.Y3$bK66 2011
100 1 $aKonstam, Angus.
245 10 $aYangtze River gunboats 1900-49 /$cAngus Konstam ; illustrated by Tony Bryan.
246 3 $aYangtze River gunboats 1900-1949
260 $aOxford ;$aLong Island City, NY :$bOsprey Pub.,$c2011.
300 $a48 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aNew vanguard ;$v181
504 $aIncludes bibliographic references (p. 47) and index.
520 $a"This book covers the gunboats of all the major nations that stationed naval forces in China, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, and looks at such famous incidents as the Japanese bombing of the USS Panay and the dramatic escape of the HMS Amethyst from Communist forces in 1949, which marked the end of the gunboat era."--P. [4] of cover.
651 0 $aYangtze River Region (China)$xHistory, Military.
650 0 $aGunboats$zChina$zYangtze River$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGunboats$zChina$zYangtze River$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aRiverine operations$zChina$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yRepublic, 1912-1949.