High seas buffer : the Taiwan Patrol Force, 1950-1979 / Bruce A. Elleman.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Newport paper ; 38.
Main Author: Elleman, Bruce A., 1959- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Naval War College (U.S.). Press (Publisher)
Naval War College (U.S.). Center for Naval Warfare Studies (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2012.
Series:Newport paper ; 38.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy. > Fleet, 7th > History.
United States. > Navy > Operations other than war.
Taiwan Strait > Strategic aspects.
Online Access:
Connect to: PDF version - All users (Federal Depository Library Program Persistant URL)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Variant Title:
Taiwan Patrol Force, 1950-1979.
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The two Chinas, the offshore islands, and the Korean War
  • The U.S. Seventh Fleet and the creation of the Taiwan Patrol Force
  • Special strategic concerns in the Taiwan Strait
  • U.S. and British disputes over trade with China
  • The first Taiwan Strait crisis, 1954-1955
  • Funding and training the nationalist navy
  • Morale building and rest-and-recreation visits
  • The second Taiwan Strait crisis, 1958
  • The third Taiwan Strait crisis and the end of the Taiwan Patrol Force
  • The U.S. Navy's continuing strategic impact in the Taiwan Strait
  • The Taiwan Patrol Force as a continuing maritime buffer operation.