Defeat of Japan considered 15 months distant: Rear Adm. Ellis Zacharias, Behind Closed Doors (New York, Putnam, 1950), 56–57.
Okinawa casualties: Louis Snyder, The War, 1939–45 (New York, Messner, 1960), 484.
“Pooh pooh” said MacArthur: S-Diary Supplement, 19 Jun 45, Carmel B-19.
Ideas on tactical aviation: notes, June–July 1945, Carmel A-29.
Chennault’s letter of resignation: addressed to Wedemeyer, labeled “Top Secret—Eyes Alone”; copy in Carmel A-27.
A “pressing necessity”: Feis, 325.
Chiang queried Washington about Stilwell: S-Diary, 13 Aug 45, on information from MacArthur.
Visiting correspondents: Theodore White and A. T. Steele.
Visit to Japan and on board Missouri: letters to Win, 3 and 7 Sep 45, Carmel B-19.
Request to go to Peking: Marshall to Stilwell, 2 Oct 45, Carmel A-30.
Nominated by Army Times: clipping, n.d., Carmel Scrapbook.
Hurley’s resignation: text of his letter of resignation, White Paper, 581–84.
Hurley’s accusations: NYT, 26 Nov 45.
Chefoo incident: Feis, 365–66.
Colonel Yeaton’s judgment: ibid., 358.
“Fighting is becoming more bitter”: ibid., 377.
Hurley senses conspiracy: ibid., 409.
“Deserving Democrat”: Hurley’s testimony, 82nd Congress, Hearings on Military Situation in Far East, 21 Jun 51, 2937.
Amerasia case: Wertenbaker.
Marshall’s instructions: Feis, 418–20.
Stilwell’s talk with Byroade: Byroade to author.
Stilwell’s death: Time, 21 Oct 46; Atlanta Constitution, 15 Oct 46; Merrill, Carlson (Carmel Scrapbook).
Memorial service in China: Charles J. Simpson, a member of the Military Advisory Group who was present, to author.
Aid to China in year after V-J Day: White Paper, 225–29.
Number of Nationalist troops moved: Tsou, 308.
“Simply does not know what is going on”: talk to Business Advisory Council, 12 Jun 47, qtd. David Lillienthal, Journals (New York, Harper, 1964), II, 200–201.
“Dominant group of reactionaries”: White Paper, 687.
Marshall opposed to American military intervention: Tsou, 475–76.
Americans denounced for prolonging civil war: ibid., 477–78.
“Dedicate their lives to this task”: ibid., 490.
Madame asks for $3 billion: ibid., 492.
General Peers quoted: Peers, 152–53.
BY BARBARA W. TUCHMAN
Bible and Sword
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Guns of August
The Proud Tower
Stilwell and the American Experience in China
Notes from China
A Distant Mirror
Practicing History
The March of Folly
The First Salute
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN was a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of numerous acclaimed works of history. Her titles include Bible and Sword, The Zimmermann Telegram, The Proud Tower, Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1963 for The Guns of August and again in 1972 for Stilwell and the American Experience in China.
Following her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1933, she took a position with the American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations in Japan, where she also wrote for the Far Eastern Survey and Pacific Affairs. Upon her return to the United States, Tuchman began working for The Nation, and in 1937 she corresponded from Valencia and Madrid on the Spanish Civil War. She died in February 1989, and was survived by her husband, three daughters, and four grandchildren.
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