Comments on: KMT Soldiers Defect to the People’s Republic http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/06/kmt-soldiers-defect-to-the-peoples-republic.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guy http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/06/kmt-soldiers-defect-to-the-peoples-republic.html/comment-page-1#comment-337218 Guy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:57:30 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8180#comment-337218 Great review. I'd say it misses the ball on only two occasions. First is Stilwell's handling of his troops. He pushed the Marauders further than they should ever have been pushed,effectively destroying them as a unit. Second is the appointment of Stilwell, an Anglophobe, to a theatre of war where the British were the second most important player. Thinking in management terms, have you read Stephen Bungay's two history books? Bungay uses the modern management techniques as a prism to look at WW2. Absolutely sublime. Great review. I’d say it misses the ball on only two occasions. First is Stilwell’s handling of his troops. He pushed the Marauders further than they should ever have been pushed,effectively destroying them as a unit. Second is the appointment of Stilwell, an Anglophobe, to a theatre of war where the British were the second most important player.

Thinking in management terms, have you read Stephen Bungay’s two history books? Bungay uses the modern management techniques as a prism to look at WW2. Absolutely sublime.

]]> By: tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/06/kmt-soldiers-defect-to-the-peoples-republic.html/comment-page-1#comment-337164 tdaxp Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:57:02 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8180#comment-337164 Silicon Hutong has a fascinating review of the Stilwell v. Chenault debate, interpreted through the lense of modern management of Sino-American joint ventures. [1] [1] http://siliconhutong.typepad.com/silicon_hutong/2010/01/history-friday-a-clash-of-eagles-stilwell-vs-chennault.html Silicon Hutong has a fascinating review of the Stilwell v. Chenault debate, interpreted through the lense of modern management of Sino-American joint ventures. [1]

[1] http://siliconhutong.typepad.com/silicon_hutong/2010/01/history-friday-a-clash-of-eagles-stilwell-vs-chennault.html

]]> By: Guy http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2010/01/06/kmt-soldiers-defect-to-the-peoples-republic.html/comment-page-1#comment-337065 Guy Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:42:19 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=8180#comment-337065 CBI wasn't all disastrous. Certainly it didn't go well for the KMT but the US got its shiny airbases and the British Empire's Burmese victories in 1944-45 were the biggest single defeat of the Japanese Army in the war. Considering how important China was to Roosevelt I'm always surprised it gets so little attention in US history... ...Then again when your commander is an unlovable lunatic and most of your troops are poor, black and half-mutinous it probably doesn't fit well into the 'Great Crusade' model. CBI wasn’t all disastrous. Certainly it didn’t go well for the KMT but the US got its shiny airbases and the British Empire’s Burmese victories in 1944-45 were the biggest single defeat of the Japanese Army in the war. Considering how important China was to Roosevelt I’m always surprised it gets so little attention in US history…

…Then again when your commander is an unlovable lunatic and most of your troops are poor, black and half-mutinous it probably doesn’t fit well into the ‘Great Crusade’ model.

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