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Make for the hills:

memories of Far Eastern wars
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L. Cooper, Oct 1, 1989 - History - 218 pages
This British veteran of Burma and Malaya later became an advisor to U.S. forces in Vietnam, and was the architect of the "strategic hamlet" program.

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Contents

The First Chindit Expedition Burma
19
American Interlude
33
Into Burma Again
41
Copyright

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Make for the hills: memories of Far Eastern wars
Make for the hills: memories of Far Eastern wars
Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
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QR code for Make for the hills
TitleMake for the hills: memories of Far Eastern wars
AuthorSir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
Editionillustrated
PublisherL. Cooper, 1989
Length218 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Air pilots, Military
Air pilots, Military/ Great Britain/ Biography
Civil service
Counterinsurgency
Government consultants
Government consultants/ Great Britain/ Biography
Great Britain
History / Military / General
History / Military / Vietnam War
History / United States / General
Southeast Asia
Statesmen
Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
World War, 1939-1945
  
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