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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leary, William M. (William Matthew), 1934-2006
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Civil Air Transport.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Civil Air Transport > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Southeast Asia.
East Asia.
Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire militaire > 20e siecle.
Southeast Asia > History, Military > 20th century.
East Asia > History, Military > 20th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
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 (293 pages).
ISBN:9780817388836

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