Joseph Warren Stilwell

Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883 - 1946), was an American general who held high command in World War II as commander of American forces in the China-Burma-India theater, commander of the main Chinese armies in Burma, (1942-44) with four-star rank, and, as commander in the late stages of the battle of Okinawa in 1945. He was scheduled to lead the invasion of Japan when the war suddenly ended.

Bibliography

• Romanus, Charles F. and Riley Sunderland. Stilwell's Mission to China (1953), official U.S, Army history online edition
• Schaller Michael. The U.S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945. (1979).
• Tuchman, Barbara. Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45, (1972), 624pp; Pulitzer prize excerpt and text search

Primary Sources

• Stilwell papers