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

Publication Info.	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2004]
	©2004

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 462 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Cambridge military histories
	Cambridge military histories.
Bibliography	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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Subject	Khabūan Sērī Thai.
	Khabūan Sērī Thai.
	World War (1939-1945)
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Thailand.
	Thailand -- History -- 20th century.
	Thailand.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Thailand -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	International relations.
	United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Thailand.
	Thailand -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
	Great Britain.
	Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Thailand.
	Thailand -- Foreign relations -- 1782-1945.
Chronological Term	1782-1945
	1782-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Reynolds, E. Bruce. Thailand's secret war. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2004 0521836018 (DLC) 2004062105 (OCoLC)56982255
ISBN	0511081022 (electronic book)
	9780511081026 (electronic book)
	0511121733 (electronic book)
	9780511121739 (electronic book)
	0511080263
	9780511080265
	9786610163168 (electronic book)
	6610163162 (electronic book)
	0521836018 (Cloth)

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

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