The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China - Rilegato

Kush, Linda

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ISBN 10: 184908811X ISBN 13: 9781849088114

Casa editrice: Osprey Publishing, 2012

Riassunto

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy knew it would need vital information from the Pacific. After a meeting and a handshake agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, the Sino-American Cooperative Organization was born. This top-secret network worked hand in hand with the Nationalist Chinese to fight the Japanese occupation of China while it intercepted Japanese code, laid mines, and trained Chinese peasants in guerrilla warfare. Its work supplied critical information to the U.S. and contributed to the felling of more than 70,000 Japanese - while losing only five of their own men. SACO - "the rice paddy navy" - was one of the best-kept secrets of the war. Linda Kush uncovers the military accomplishments and political wrangling that colored one of the most successful - and little known - efforts of World War II.

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Recensione:

""The Rice Paddy Navy" imparts illuminating insights into the secret organization of US Navy personnel and Chinese guerillas during one of the darkest periods in the 20th century."
--Jonathan Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (January 2013)

Kush's work is highly readable and a worthwhile addition to the library of anyone interested in Asian history or American unconventional operations in World War II. --navyhistory.org

This review was a delight to do, and surprisingly introspective. I hope you enjoy the read. --Ipms/USA

Descrizione del libro:

A detailed history of SACO-"the rice paddy navy"-the U.S. Navy's accomplished, top-secret, covert operation in China during World War II

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• Editore: Osprey Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184908811X
• ISBN 13: 9781849088114
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304