The secret army [[electronic resource] ] : Chiang Kai-Shek and the drug warlords of the golden triangle / / Richard M. Gibson with Wenhua Chen
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Gibson Richard M
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| Titolo: |
The secret army [[electronic resource] ] : Chiang Kai-Shek and the drug warlords of the golden triangle / / Richard M. Gibson with Wenhua Chen
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| Pubblicazione: | Singapore, : Wiley, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300 |
| 951.05 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Narcotics - China |
| Soggetto geografico: | China History 20th century |
| Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) | |
| Altri autori: |
ChenWenhua
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The Secret Army: Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle; Table of Contents; Introduction: Two Young Chinese Soldiers; Glossary of Key Players; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Retreat from Yunnan; Chapter 2: Sorting Things Out in Tachilek; Chapter 3: Lieutenant General Li Mi; Chapter 4: Li Mi and His American Friends; Chapter 5: Li Mi's Yunnan Anticommunist National Salvation Army; Chapter 6: Attacking Yunnan; Chapter 7: Washington Opts Out; Chapter 8: Li Mi's Army Settles into Burma; Chapter 9: Washington Cuts Its Losses; Chapter 10: Southern Strategy and Karen Allies |
| Chapter 11: The Road to the United NationsChapter 12: The United Nations vs. KMT Duplicity; Chapter 13: First Evacuation from Burma; Chapter 14: Liu Yuan-lin's Yunnan Anticommunist Volunteer Army; Chapter 15: A Resurgent KMT; Chapter 16: Operation Mekong: Sino-Burmese Forces Rout the KMT; Chapter 17: Air Battle Over Burma and American Weapons; Chapter 18: The Second KMT Evacuation; Chapter 19: Removing KMT Remnants from Laos; Chapter 20: Nationalist Chinese Armies in Thailand; Chapter 21: Thailand's Troublesome Guests; Chapter 22: Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense | |
| Chapter 23: Resettlement in ThailandChapter 24: Soldiering on for Thailand; Chapter 25: Postscript; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The incredible story of how Chiang Kai-shek's defeated army came to dominate the Asian drug trade After their defeat in China's civil war, remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's armies took refuge in Burma before being driven into Thailand and Laos. Based on recently declassified government documents, The Secret Army: Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle reveals the shocking true story of what happened after the Chinese Nationalists lost the revolution. Supported by Taiwan, the CIA, and the Thai government, this former army reinvented itself as an anti-communist |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The secret army |
| ISBN: | 0-470-83021-2 |
| 1-283-25772-6 | |
| 9786613257727 | |
| 0-470-83020-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781787403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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