Mission to Mao: US Intelligence and the Chinese Communists in World War II

by Sara B. Castro

Book Overview

An innovative history of US intelligence officers on the ground and the first official contacts between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

From 1944 to 1947, the United States planted a liaison mission in the headquarters of Chinese Communist forces behind the lines. Nicknamed the "Dixie Mission," for its location in "rebel" territory, it was an interagency delegation that included intelligence officers from the Office...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647124514
• ISBN13: 9781647124519
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher