OSS in China

OSS in China
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Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781612510590
ISBN-13 : 1612510590
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Download or read book OSS in China written by Maochun Yu and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maochun Yu tells the story of the intelligence activities of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in China during World War II. Drawing on recently released classified materials from the U.S. National Archives and on previously unopened Chinese documents, Yu reveals the immense and complex challenges the agency and its director, General William Donovan, confronted in China. This book is the first research-based history and analysis of America's wartime intelligence and special operations activities in the China, Burma and India during WWII. It presents a complex and compelling story of conflicting objectives and personalities, inter-service rivalries, and crowning achievements of America's military, intelligence and political endeavors, the significance of which goes far beyond WWII and China.


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