About the Book

Maochun Yu tells the story of the intelligence activities of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in China during World War II. Drawing on recently released classified materials from the U.S. National Archives and on previously unopened Chinese documents, Yu reveals the immense and complex challenges the agency and its director, General William Donovan, confronted in China.

Research and Significance

This book is the first research-based history and analysis of America’s wartime intelligence and special operations activities in China, Burma, and India during WWII. It presents a complex and compelling story of conflicting objectives and personalities, inter-service rivalries, and crowning achievements of America’s military, intelligence, and political endeavors, the significance of which goes far beyond WWII and China.