Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Maps ix
5. The Cast of Characters 3
6. The Other Side of No Man’s Land 9
7. Behind Enemy Lines 27
8. Honan Missions 41
9. The Honan Way of Life 55
10. Sitting on the Edge of a Volcano 63
11. After Pearl Harbor 71
12. The Long Months of Silence 79
13. Crop Failure and Famine 94
14. Helping the Famine-Stricken 100
15. Two Journalists Tour the Famine Area No 110
16. The Suffering Continues 121
17. The Embassy Comes to Call 135
18. The Japanese Overrun Honan 146
19. “First War Zone Shattered” 158
20. The OSS ’s Top Secret “Project Tower” 170
21. Project Tower in China 180
22. Behind Japanese Lines With Team Viper 190
23. Reclaiming Honan Hospitals 201
24. The Return of the Missionaries 212
25. “If We Like Them Could Die for Thee” 222
26. Spelling of Chinese Place Names 237
27. Notes 241
28. Bibliography 267
29. Illustration Credits 275
30. Index 277