Behind Japanese Lines: With the Office of Strategic Services in Burma - Hardcover

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In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William 'Wild Bill' Donovan. now known historically as the 'Father of Central Intelligence,' with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China bu performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS detatchment 101, the first clandestine special force formed by Donovan and on that would play a highly dangerous but vital role in the conquest of Burma by the allies.

Behind Japanese Lines, originally published in 1979, is the exciting story of the men of Detachment 101, who with their loyal native allies-the Kachin headhunters-fought a guerilla war for almost three years. It was a war not only against a tough and unyielding enemy, but against the jungle itself, one of the most difficult and dangerous patches of terrain in the world. Exposed to blistering heat and threatened by loathsome tropical diseases, the Western-raised OSS men also found themselves beset by unfriendly tribesemen and surrounded by the jungle's unique perils-giant leeches, cobras, and rogue tigers.

Not merely a war narrative, Behind Japanese Lines is an adventure story, the story of unconventional men with an almost impossible mission fighting an irregular war in supremely hostile territory. Drawing upon the author's own experiences as a member of Detechment 101, interviews with surviving 101 members, and classified documents, Dunlop's tales unfolds with cinematic intensity, detailing the danger, tension and drama of secret warfare. Never before have the activities of the OSS been recored in such authentic and firsthand detail.

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The extraordinary firsthand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II.
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Richard Dunlop was the author of many travel and history books, a freelance journalist for the Chicago Tribune and a past president of the society of Midland Authors. In the late 1960s he was awarded back to back Mark Twain Travel Writers Grand Awards. Dunlop passed away in 1987.

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  • PublisherRand McNally & Co ,U.S.
  • Publication date1980
  • ISBN 10 0528818236
  • ISBN 13 9780528818233
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages480
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