The 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 |