High Seas Buffer
Download or Read eBook High Seas Buffer PDF written by Bruce A. Elleman and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Bruce A. Elleman |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 1884733956 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781884733956 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis High Seas Buffer by : Bruce A. Elleman
Book excerpt: it ensured that friction over the Taiwan Strait did not escalate into a full-blown war. In fact, the Taiwan Patrol Force did its job so well that virtually nothing has been written about it. U.S. Navy ships acted both as a buffer between the two antagonists and as a trip wire in case of aggression. The force fulfilled the latter function twice in the 1950s -- during the first (1954-55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises --