In Tuchman's book the dramatic conflict of these two men is also a consistent theme.

Even today some Americans are still arguing who can better represent the US-China military relationship during the 40's. Not surprisingly, you'll find people with Army background and people with Air Force background are often at odd with each other.

Actually I can't think of a better way to resolve this issue myself. The Lend-Lease resource is so limited that it can not support both Chennault's and Stilwell's campaign. With Chiang Kai-Shek so unwilling to let the Britts take the advantage, the hot-tempered Stilwell can only worsen the situation.

Stilwell's successor, Wedemeyer, actually followed all Stilwell's plan, but obviously he got alone with Chiang smoothly, although he doesn't like Chennault that much himself.