In 1900, US troops were part of an international force that helped crush the Boxer uprising in China. When the troops were withdrawn, one infantry regiment was left behind, marking the beginning of a sporadic build-up of all branches of the US military in China. This book examines the lives of the men who served in China from 1901 to 1937, and it marks the first effort to understand how the peace-time military lived on a foreign station.
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In 1900, US troops were part of an international force that helped crush the Boxer uprising in China. When the troops were withdrawn, one infantry regiment was left behind, marking the beginning of a sporadic build-up of all branches of the US military in China. This book examines the lives of the men who served in China from 1901 to 1937, and it marks the first effort to understand how the peace-time military lived on a foreign station.
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Very good. No dust jacket present. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.5 inches. Minor cover wear and soiling. Illustrations. Tables. Abbreviations. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Contributions in Military Studies, Number 102. Dennis L. Noble entered on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1957 and retired in 1978 as a Senior Chief Marine Science Technician. Shore duty included a Lifeboat Station, an Air Station, the Oceanographic Unit, a district office, and Headquarters. Sea duty took him six times to the Arctic, twice to the Antarctic, International Ice Patrol, and other locations between these extremes. He served in the icebreakers Northwind, Westwind, and Edisto. During oceanographic field work he also served in, Evergreen, Barataria, Storis, Staten Island, and Glacier. On his off-duty time, Noble earned Bachelor and Master's degrees. After retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard, he earned a Ph.D., in U.S. history from Purdue University. After retirement, Noble worked as a U.S. Army historian, a library director and a library manage. Dennis L. Noble now writes full-time. "[The] major thrust of [Noble's] book is to describe how the American military man, both officer and enlisted, lived in China. Noble has written a powerful, well-researched and compelling drama of their lives, both on and off duty....His frequent use of heretofore unknown quotations of actual participants makes his history really come alive. There are fascinating photographs, 40 pages of footnotes--many citing diaries, journals, letters, official reports, oral interviews and other esoteric sources of off-the-beaten-path material....This is a pioneer work, since no one before has ever done a social history of the everyday life of soldiers, sailors, and Marines in China from 1901 to 1937. Especially intriguing are the glimpses of everyday life for the Old China Hands....Highly recommended."
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Fine. 0313272999. Contributions in Military Studies Series; Vol. 102; B&W Illustrations; 6 3/8 x 9 1/2; xxi, 239 pages; Hard cover is blue cloth with gold lettering on front and spine. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. No DJ as issued. Illustrated with 21 b/w photographs. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. 'In 1900, US troops were part of an international force that helped crush the Boxer uprising in China. When the troops were withdrawn, one infantry regiment was left behind, marking the beginning of a sporadic build-up of all branches of the US military in China. This book examines the lives of the men who served in China from 1901 to 1937, and it marks the first effort to understand how the peace-time military lived on a foreign station. It offers a glimpse of the people serving in the US armed forces on the outposts of an empire, and a chance to view how the US military reacted to its role as a colonial occupying force. Focusing on the social aspects of the armed forces rather than on strategy and tactics, Noble explores how servicemen and their families lived within a culture that was completely foreign to them....' Bibliography; index.
