Wings for an Embattled China

Wings for an Embattled China
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Publisher : Lehigh University Press
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 0934223653
ISBN-13 : 9780934223652
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Book Synopsis Wings for an Embattled China by : W. Langhorne Bond

Download or read book Wings for an Embattled China written by W. Langhorne Bond and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of an aviation pioneer who developed a major airline in China in the 1930s and 1940s. W. Langhorne Bond was a Pan American executive in the days when Pam Am was achieving mastery of the skies. The book tells the story of Bond's efforts to set up and operate a fledgling airline, the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), while overcoming Chinese political machinations, attacks by invading Japanese forces, and changing and erratic American management and government policies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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