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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan
By Kleiner, Sam
- ISBN
- 9780399564130 9780399564147
- Publisher
- Viking
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Reviewed on May 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
In the late 1930s interwar period, Japan began to invade China. America, officially neutral, aided the Allies in covert ways. Into this murky gloom stepped Claire Lee Chennault, a nearly washed up pilot. Scholar Kleiner unlocks the secrets of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG), commonly known as the Flying Tigers, using newly discovered pilots' diaries and combat reports. The last work about the unit was Jack Sa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
