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Thailand's secret war : = the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Thailand's secret war :/ E. Bruce Reynolds.
Reminder of title:	the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II /
Author:	Reynolds, E. Bruce,
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 462 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Thailand. -
Subject:	Thailand - Foreign relations - 1782-1945. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497360
ISBN:	9780511497360 (ebook)

Thailand's secret war : = the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II /
Reynolds, E. Bruce,

Thailand's secret war :the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II /E. Bruce Reynolds. - 1 online resource (xx, 462 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge military histories. - Cambridge military histories..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780511497360 (ebook)Subjects--Corporate Names:

1444543
Khabūan Sērī Thai.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

799517
World War, 1939-1945
--Underground movements--Thailand.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

799516
Thailand
--Foreign relations--1782-1945.

LC Class. No.: D802.T5 / R49 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/593

Thailand's secret war : = the Free Thai, OSS, and SOE during World War II /
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