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02928aam a2200361 i 4500 001 FB3E98446B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 121116s2013 ksuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012045114 020 $a 0700619097 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780700619092 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)818985476 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IG# $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 10 $a D767.6 .S27 2013 082 00 $a 940.54/867309591 $2 23 100 1 $a Sacquety, Troy J. 245 14 $a The OSS in Burma, 1942-1945 : $b jungle war against the Japanese / $c Troy J. Sacquety. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2013] 300 $a ix, 320 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 0 $a Modern war studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index. 505 0 $a Before the storm -- The fall of Burma -- Laying the groundwork: 1941-January 1943 -- Creating the detachment out of an undefined problem -- Deconfliction -- OSS and SOE -- Finding a location -- Detachment 101 sets up the Jungle School -- Communications -- Moving toward the first operations -- Long-range penetration operations -- A Group -- B Group -- W Group -- BALLS, BALL's #1, and REX -- The evaluations -- Short-range penetrations meet success -- The first short-range effort, Operation FORWARD -- Group -- KNOTHEAD -- Rethinking operations: the detachment evolves, February 1943-January 1944 -- The detachment reevaluates its personnel situation -- Finances -- Communications and coding -- Developing liaison -- Supplies remain a problem -- New additions to Detachment 101 -- Peers takes over: Detachment 101 comes of age, January-May 1944 -- Existing force structure -- New OSS branches arrive -- Detachment 101 and the campaign for Myitkyina: February-August 1944 -- Postscript -- Peers continues his reforms: June-August 1944 -- Existing force structure -- New OSS branches arrive -- Reorganizing after Myitkyina: September-December 1944 -- Existing force structure -- A new organization of sorts -- The last OSS branches arrive: January-March 1945 -- Existing force structure -- New branches arrive -- The Shan states: August 1944-March 1945 -- The push after Myitkyina -- The Arakan field unit: February-June 1945 -- The Arakan field unit (AFU) -- Rangoon -- The last months: April-July 1945 -- Field operations -- The detachment -- Detachment 101 disbands. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Burma. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Secret service $z United States. 610 10 $a United States. $b Detachment 101. $b Detachment 101. 651 0 $a Burma $x History $y Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171205015427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB3E98446B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search