Red Wings over the Yalu : China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Military History Ser., 80)

College Station, TX, U.S.A.: Texas A & M University Press, 2004. 320 pp. 26 b&w photos. 4 maps. 4 appendices.Bib. Index.. Developments in China's own air power were critical during thisera. Zhang offers considerable materials on the training of Chineseaviators and the Soviet role in that training, on Soviet and Chineseair operations in Korea, and on diplomatic exchanges over Sovietmilitary assistance to China. He probes the impact of the war onChina's conception of the role of air power, arguing that it was not until the Gulf War of the early 1990s that Chinese leaders engaged in a broad reassessment of the strategy they adopted during the Korean War. Military historians and scholars interested in aviation and foreign affairs will find this volume of special interest. . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.