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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
FOREWORD
PREFACE
Acknowledgments
Contents
1784–1865
“Red Hairs” on the China Coast
The Yangtze Rediscovered
Birth of the Yangtze Patrol
The Taiping Rebellion
1865–1898
The U.S. Comeback in China
Cruise of the Ashuelot
Szechwan Opens to Foreigners
American Decline on the Yangtze
1898–1918
The Upper River Opens to Trade
Post Spanish-American War Expansion
A British View of the Yangtze
The 1911 Chinese Revolution
The Great War of 1914–18
1918–1924
The Yangtze “War,” 1918–20
The White Russians Arrive
Bandits Up the Yangtze
Wanhsien Interlude
Palos Visits Shanghai
Middle Yangtze Tales
Wood Oil and Opium
1925–1927
China in Turmoil; Rise of the Nationalists
The Battle of Wanhsien
Nanking Incident
Seige of Shanghai, 1927
The “Fourth” Marines
Of Ducks, Fish, and Wild Came
1923–1931
New Gunboats on the River
Life “At Sea” on the Yangtze
Changsha Tales
Bandit Shootups
Captain Baker Up for Ransom
Light Tales of Shanghai and Upriver
1931–1937
Taels, Cash, and Dollars “Mex”
Report on the “New Six”
Last Cruise of the Palos
Final Port for Palos—Chungking
1937–1942
The Japanese Attack Shanghai
Panay Incident
War on the Middle Yangtze
Exit Monocacy
Tutuila at the End of the Line
Confrontations with the Japanese
The Navy Leaves the Yangtze
Gunboats at Sea—Shanghai to Manila
War! Capture of Wake
End of an Epoch
Postscript 1945–1949
NOTES
APPENDIX 1
Characteristics of Ships Serving on the East India and Asiatic Stations
APPENDIX 2
Commanders of U.S. Naval Forces in the Far East, 1835–1942
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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