Spymaster : Dai Li and the Chinese secret service / Frederic Wakeman, Jr.

Author/creator Wakeman, Frederic E.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxvii, 650 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Dai li and the Chinese secret service
Contents Images of Dai Li -- Living off the land -- Touben -- The league of ten -- Vigorous Practice -- The founding of the Lixingshe -- The Lixingshe and the blue shirts -- Blue shirts -- Ideological rivalries -- The blue shirts in the provinces -- The Shanghai station, 19321̧935 -- Death squads -- Assassinations -- Police academies -- Sleeping in their coffins -- Skirts and sashes -- War and the special movement corps -- The training camps -- Codes -- Dai li, Milton Miles, and the foundation of Saco -- Saco training camps -- Spying -- Dai Li's wartime smuggling networks -- Juntong in wartime Chongqing -- Falling star.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 539-577) and index.
LCCN 2002013903
ISBN0520234073 (Cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DS777.488.D35 W353 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold