Harold Boatner - Stilwell and the American Experience in China manuscript

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Harold Boatner - Stilwell and the American Experience in China manuscript

circa 1971

https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/16/resources/358

The collection includes General Boatner’s 50-page statement refuting, rebutting, and correcting certain passages in Ms Tuchman’s book, which refer to either General Boatner’s career in the China-Burma-India theatre, World War II, or to events in which he participated. In addition, there are 10 "Enclosures" of documents supporting Boatner’s statement. A copy of a cover letter signed by John K. Fairbank is also included, along with an outline biography of General Boatner’s life and career.

.25 cubic feet

eng, Latn

University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]

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Tuchman, Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim), 1912-1989

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Historian and writer Tuchman (1912- ) received an A.B. from Radcliffe College (1933), and worked as a journalist and editor. She is the author of many prize-winning works, including The Guns of August (1962) and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971). From the description of Letter, 1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007438 New York-born American journalist and historian; Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Guns of August, 1962. Fro...

Boatner, Haydon L. (Haydon Lemaire), 1900-1977

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Major general, United States Army; chief of staff of the Chinese Army in India, 1942-1945; commandant of the United Nations Prisoner of War Command in Korea, 1952. From the description of Haydon L. Boatner papers, 1932-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870043 Haydon Lemaire Boatner (1900-1977) was born n New Orleans, Louisiana. From West Point, he was commissioned in the infantry in 1924. He finished the command and general staff school in 1939 and served as the comman...