Description
©2023 Mitchell G. Klingenberg
Drawing from archival materials at the US Army Heritage and Education Center and the United States Military Academy at West Point, numerous published primary sources, and a range of secondary sources, this monograph offers an overview of the China Relief Expedition from June 1900 to the moment of liberation in August. Its considerations range from the geopolitical to the strategic and down to the tactical levels of war. US forces partnered alongside the combined naval and land forces of multiple nations, thus constituting the first contingency, expeditionary, and multinational coalition in American military history. In the face of numerous obstacles conditioned by enemy forces, the environment, and internal to the informal coalition itself, American forces succeeded in liberating their besieged legation. While the character of war has evolved since 1900, students of war should see through disparities that appear to separate the China Relief Expedition from the historical present.
ISBN
1-58487-849-5
Publication Date
5-17-2023
Publisher
USAWC Press
City
Carlisle Barracks, PA
Keywords
China Relief Expedition, Boxer Rebellion, coalition warfighting, Joint warfighting, command councils, US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, sustainment, force protection
Disciplines
Defense and Security Studies | Military and Veterans Studies | Military History
Recommended Citation
Mitchell G. Klingenberg,
Americans and the Dragon: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting from the Boxer Uprising (Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army War College Press, 2023),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/961
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Defense and Security Studies Commons, Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Military History Commons
