| Contents |
Education, sea duty in the Atlantic, and trial by fire : 1875-1900 -- Sea duty in the Pacific (I) : 1900-1904 -- The lure of naval intelligence : ashore in Asia and back to the Atlantic, 1904-1907 -- China naval attaché and rocks and shoals : 1907-1908 -- Sea duty in the Pacific (II), then dollar diplomacy in China : 1908-1914 -- Career decision : Gillis retires and returns to China, 1914-1917 -- World War I and recall to active duty : naval attaché in Peking, 1917-1919 -- Gillis as a civilian in China : 1919-1948 -- Appendices. A. I.V. Gillis, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the age of navalism -- B. I.V. Gillis' record of naval service -- C. Gillis family tree -- D. U.S. Naval Academy course of instruction, ca 1895 -- E. Chinese names (systems of romanization). |
| Abstract |
"This biography recounts the extraordinary life of I. V. Gillis, both as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1894 to 1919 and as a collector of rare Chinese books. China specialist Bruce Swanson captures the colorful, multi-faceted life of the man known as an innovative thinker, tactical practitioner, spy, and successful diplomat. Gillis, a second-generation Naval Academy graduate and the son of an admiral, was hailed a hero while serving aboard his first warship in the Spanish-American War and in 1907 became the first U. S. Naval Attaché to China. He remained in China until his death, marrying a Chinese princess, and collecting books now housed at Princeton University."--Publisher's web site. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011051955 |
| ISBN | 9781612511054 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1612511058 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
