Perilous missions
Subtitle: Civil Air Transport and CIA covert operations in Asia
By: William M. Leary
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780817388836
Subjects: History; Military History; Civil Air Transport; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of CAT; title: CNRRA Air Transport; title: CAT and civil war; title: Siege of Taiyuan; title: The Chennault Plan; title: OPC and CAT; title: The CIA buys an airline; title: The Korean War; title: Covert operations; title: Managerial turmoil; title: French Indochina; title: A new regime; title: Dienbienphu; title: End of an era; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue.