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Civil Air Transport (CAT), founded in China after World War II by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, was initially a commercial carrier specializing in air freight. Its role quickly changed as CAT became first a paramilitary adjunct of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, then the CIA's secre...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leary, William M. (William Matthew), 1934-2006
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
Temas:
Civil Air Transport > History.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Civil Air Transport
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency
1900-1999
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
East Asia > History, Military > 20th century.
Southeast Asia > History, Military > 20th century.
Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
East Asia
Southeast Asia
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Civil Air Transport (CAT), founded in China after World War II by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, was initially a commercial carrier specializing in air freight. Its role quickly changed as CAT became first a paramilitary adjunct of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, then the CIA's secret ""air force"" in Korea, then ""the most shot-at airline in the world"" in French Indochina, and eventually becoming reorganized as Air America at the height of the Vietnam War. William M. Leary's detailed operational history of CAT sets the story in the perspective of Asian and Cold War geopoliti
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817388836
0817388834

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