{"product_id":"the-secret-army-isbn-9780470830185","title":"The Secret Army","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe incredible story of how Chiang Kai-shek's defeated army came to dominate the Asian drug trade\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAfter their defeat in China's civil war, remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's armies took refuge in Burma before being driven into Thailand and Laos. Based on recently declassified government documents, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Army: Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the shocking true story of what happened after the Chinese Nationalists lost the revolution. Supported by Taiwan, the CIA, and the Thai government, this former army reinvented itself as an anti-communist mercenary force, fighting into the 1980s, before eventually becoming the drug lords who made the Golden Triangle a household name.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering a previously unseen look inside the post-war workings of the Kuomintang army, historians Richard Gibson and Wen-hua Chen explore how this fallen military group dominated the drug trade in Southeast Asia for more than three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on recently released, previously classified government documents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on interviews with active participants, as well as a variety of Chinese, Thai, and Burmese written sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes unique insights drawn from author Richard Gibson's personal experiences with anti-narcotics trafficking efforts in the Golden Triangle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA fascinating look at an untold piece of Chinese—and drug-running—history, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Army\u003c\/i\u003e offers a revealing look into the history of one of the most infamous drug cartels in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Two Young Chinese Soldiers vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Key Players xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Retreat from Yunnan 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Sorting Things Out in Tachilek 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Lieutenant General Li Mi 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Li Mi and His American Friends 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Li Mi’s Yunnan Anticommunist National Salvation Army 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Attacking Yunnan 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Washington Opts Out 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Li Mi’s Army Settles into Burma 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Washington Cuts Its Losses 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Southern Strategy and Karen Allies 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Road to the United Nations 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The United Nations vs. KMT Duplicity 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: First Evacuation from Burma 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Liu Yuan-lin’s Yunnan Anticommunist Volunteer Army 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: A Resurgent KMT 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Operation Mekong: Sino-Burmese Forces Rout the KMT 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Air Battle Over Burma and American Weapons 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: The Second KMT Evacuation 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Removing KMT Remnants from Laos 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Nationalist Chinese Armies in Thailand 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Thailand’s Troublesome Guests 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Resettlement in Thailand 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Soldiering on for Thailand 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Postscript 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard M. Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e earned a BS in 1965 and in 1966 an MA in history at San Jose State College, San Jose, California. As a Naval officer from 1966-71, he served aboard ships in the Gulf of Tonkin and taught history at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971, Gibson joined the US Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. His postings included Martinique, French West Indies, Burma and Japan. He speaks French, Thai, and Japanese fluently, and received the Department of States meritorious and superior honor awards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWen-hua Chen\u003c\/b\u003e earned a BA in Chinese literature from Tunghai University, Taiwan and an MA in oriental history at Hiroshima University, Japan. Chen also studied at Taiwan’s prestigious Academia Sinica. In 1975, he began a career with the United Nations as a Chinese translator, working in both Bangkok, Thailand, and at UN Headquarters in New York. He retired in 2000 and has been pursuing various writing projects, publishing several works in Chinese language periodicals in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990337405157,"sku":"NP9780470830185","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470830185.jpg?v=1761787412","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-secret-army-isbn-9780470830185","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}