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1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; 1. Education, Sea Duty in the Atlantic, and Trial by Fire: 1875-1900; 2. Sea Duty in the Pacific (I): 1900-1904; 3. The Lure of Naval Intelligence: Ashore in Asia and Back to the Atlantic, 1904-1907; 4. China Naval Attache and Rocks and Shoals: 1907-1908; 5. Sea Duty in the Pacific (II). Then Dollar Diplomacy in China: 1908-1914; 6. Career Decision: Gillis Retires and Returns to China, 1914-1917; 7. World War I and Recall to Active Duty: Naval Attache in Peking, 1917-1919. |
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8. Gillis as a Civilian in China: 1919-1948APPENDICES; A.I.V. Gillis, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the Age of Navalism; B.I.V. Gillis' Record of Naval Service; C. Gillis Family Tree; D.U.S. Naval Academy Course of Instruction, ca. 1895; E. Chinese Names (Systems of Romanization); Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This biography recounts the extraordinary life of I.V. Gillis, both as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1894 to 1919 and as a collector of rare Chinese books. China specialist Bruce Swanson captures the colorful, multi-faceted life of the man known as an innovative thinker, tactical practitioner, spy, and successful diplomat. Gillis, a second-generation Naval Academy graduate and the son of an admiral, was hailed a hero while serving aboard his first warship in the Spanish-American War and in 1907 became the first U.S. Naval Attaché to China. He remained in China until his death, marry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gillis, I. V. (Irvin Van Gorder), 1875-1948.
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Gillis, I. V. (Irvin Van Gorder), 1875-1948. |
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United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Navy. |
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Biographies.
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Military attachés -- United States -- Biography.
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Military attachés. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Military relations -- China.
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Military relations. |
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China. |
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China -- Military relations -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Morrison, Vance H.
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McDowell, Don H.
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Tomasko, Nancy Norton, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Swanson, Bruce. A Plain Sailorman in China : The Life of and Times of Cdr. I.V. Gillis, USN, 1875-1948. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2013 9781612511054 |
| ISBN |
9781612513928 (electronic book) |
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1612513921 (electronic book) |
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9781612511054 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1612511058 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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