Talk:John P. Davies
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Sources:
- All the external links in the article
- http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/blockr.htm - has some details on the ill-fated plane trip in 1944 not seen elsewhere
- http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/byroade.htm - some more depth about Davies and the China Hands
- http://mlloyd.org/gen/davies/photoalb.htm - genealogical site, many links, two photos, list of magazine articles by and about him
- http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-99/12-25-99/zzzddobi.htm - the New York Times obituary - material about the China Hands and the "China lobby", Davies' anti-Communist positions, date he was dismissed. Didn't use as an external link because there are several other obits on the same page, and it's not the original source.
- http://www.gencircles.com/users/mlloyd/4/data/1262] - genealogical data, birth / marriage / death dates and places, family info
Note that John P. Davies should not be confused with John Davies, a British officer who was in Force 136 and worked in Malaya during World War II. I believe that's the one referred to in Lim Bo Seng. Can't find much about him. (Update: I didn't find much because his name was Davis. Thanks to Yoon-Ngan Chung for his clarifying email. Tualha 12:56, 10 July 2005 (UTC))
His 1964 book doesn't seem to have an ISBN - that system was created in 1966.
Tualha 12:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
- I suppose I should add that I also saw various hatchet jobs, such as this article by Ann Coulter. I didn't see any such that contained any substantive evidence against Davies. Coulter, of course, is a loon. I hope this may forestall hasty edits by those who buy into such baseless rhetoric. Tualha 12:37, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Davies and the Dixie Mission
The Dixie Mission or U.S. Army Observation Group, was a key moment in Davies war years, if not his life. It was the sum achievement of Davies' attitudes and beliefs on the situation in China, which are only briefly mentioned in the later part of the article. Davies was one of the instrumental figures in the Mission's creation and organization, which allowed for Americans to visit Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai in Yenan. It also established the foothold for the future Hurley and Marshall missions. It definitely needs further reference in the article. I intend to provide a more detailed discussion of the group, hopefully in the near future. RebelAt 19:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)RebelAt
