Perilous missions : Civil Air Transport and the 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 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 secret...
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Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian Institution Press,
[2002], ©2002
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1 Origins of CAT
- Ch. 2. CNRRA Air Transport
- Ch. 3. CAT and Civil War
- Ch. 4. Siege of Taiyuan
- Ch. 5. The Chennault Plan
- Ch. 6. OPC and CAT
- Ch. 7. The CIA Buys an Airline
- Ch. 8. The Korean War
- Ch. 9. Covert Operations
- Ch. 10. Managerial Turmoil
- Ch. 11. French Indochina
- Ch. 12. A New Regime
- Ch. 13. Dienbienphu
- Ch. 14. End of an Era
- App. A. Operating Statistics, January 1947 to November 1949
- App. B. The Panzer Notes
- App. C. Airdrops at Dienbienphu, March 13 to May 7, 1954.
- Ch. 1 Origins of CAT
- Ch. 2. CNRRA Air Transport
- Ch. 3. CAT and Civil War
- Ch. 4. Siege of Taiyuan
- Ch. 5. Chennault Plan
- Ch. 6. OPC and CAT
- Ch. 7. CIA Buys an Airline
- Ch. 8. Korean War
- Ch. 9. Covert Operations
- Ch. 10. Managerial Turmoil
- Ch. 11. French Indochina
- Ch. 12. New Regime
- Ch. 13. Dienbienphu
- Ch. 14. End of an Era
- App. A. Operating Statistics, January 1947 to November 1949
- App. B. Panzer Notes
- App. C. Airdrops at Dienbienphu, March 13 to May 7, 1954.