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Perilous Missions : Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Leary, William M. (William Matthew), 1934-2006
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Origins of CAT
  • CNRRA Air Transport
  • CAT and civil war
  • Siege of Taiyuan
  • The Chennault Plan
  • OPC and CAT
  • The CIA buys an airline
  • The Korean War
  • Covert operations
  • Managerial turmoil
  • French Indochina
  • A new regime
  • Dienbienphu
  • End of an era
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue.