Screen LibraryThe OSS in Burma : jungle war against the Japanese /
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University Press of Kansas,
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| Publisher Address: | Lawrence, Kansas : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Modern war studies
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780700619092 : 0700619097 0700620184 9780700620180 |
| Index Number: | D767 |
| CLC: | E712.416-09 |
| Call Number: | E712.416-09/S122 |
| Contents: | Before the storm -- The fall of Burma -- Laying the groundwork: 1941-January 1943 -- Creating the detachment out of an undefined problem -- Deconfliction -- OSS and SOE -- Finding a location -- Detachment 101 sets up the Jungle School -- Communications -- Moving toward the first operations -- Long-range penetration operations -- A Group -- B Group -- W Group -- BALLS, BALL's #1, and REX -- The evaluations -- Short-range penetrations meet success -- The first short-range effort, Operation FORWARD -- Group -- KNOTHEAD -- Rethinking operations: the detachment evolves, February 1943-January 1944 -- The detachment reevaluates its personnel situation -- Finances -- Communications and coding -- Developing liaison -- Supplies remain a problem -- New additions to Detachment 101 -- Peers takes over: Detachment 101 comes of age, January-May 1944 -- Existing force structure -- New OSS branches arrive -- Detachment 101 and the campaign for Myitkyina: February-August 1944 -- Postscript -- Peers continues his reforms: June-August 1944 -- Existing force structure -- New OSS branches arrive -- Reorganizing after Myitkyina: September-December 1944 -- Existing force structure -- A new organization of sorts -- The last OSS branches arrive: January-March 1945 -- Existing force structure -- New branches arrive -- The Shan states: August 1944-March 1945 -- The push after Myitkyina -- The Arakan field unit: February-June 1945 -- The Arakan field unit (AFU) -- Rangoon -- The last months: April-July 1945 -- Field operations -- The detachment -- Detachment 101 disbands. |