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Thailand's secret war : the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II / E. Bruce Reynolds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reynolds, E. Bruce, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge military histories.
- Cambridge military histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Khabūan Sērī Thai.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Thailand.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Thailand--History--20th century.
- Thailand.
- Thailand--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Thailand.
- United States.
- Thailand--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Thailand.
- Great Britain.
- Thailand--Foreign relations--1782-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is an absorbing account of secret operations and political intrigue in wartime Thailand. During World War II Free Thai organisations co-operated with Allied intelligence agencies in an effort to rescue their nation from the consequences of its 1941 alliance with Japan. They largely succeeded despite internal differences and the conflicting interests and policies of their would-be-allies, China, Great Britain and the United States. London's determination to punish Thailand placed the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) at a serious disadvantage in its rivalry with the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The US State Department, in contrast, strongly supported OSS operations in Thailand, viewing them as a vehicle for promoting American political and economic influence in mainland Southeast Asia. Declassification of the records of the OSS and the SOE permits full revelation of this complex story of heroic action and political intrigue.
- Contents:
- The origins of the Free Thai movement
- The China tangle
- Chamkat and the Allies
- Showdown in Friendship Valley
- Frustrated hopes
- Contact at last
- The OSS commits to Pridi
- Pridi's bid for national redemption
- Arming and training the underground
- The end game.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-454) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-13964-3
- 1-280-16316-X
- 0-511-12173-3
- 0-511-19661-X
- 0-511-08102-2
- 0-511-29816-1
- 0-511-49736-9
- 0-511-08026-3
- OCLC:
- 252486139
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