Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-454) and index.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on names and transliteration; Prologue; 1 The origins of the Free Thai movement; 2 The China tangle; 3 Chamkat and the Allies; 4 Showdown in Friendship Valley; 5 Frustrated hopes; 6 Contact at last; 7 The OSS commits to Pridi; 8 Pridi's bid for national redemption; 9 Arming and training the underground; 10 The end game; Epilogue; Bibliography; INTERVIEWS; ARCHIVES/COLLECTIONS OF PAPERS; MICROFILMS; NEWSPAPERS.
Summary
This book is an absorbing account of secret operations and political intrigue in wartime Thailand. It sheds new light on Thailand's clandestine relations with Britain, the United States and China, each of which had ambitions for postwar influence in Bangkok, and on the rivalry between the SOE and the OSS.
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