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The War In Laos 1960 75
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Author : Kenneth Conboy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-20
The War In Laos 1960 75 written by Kenneth Conboy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-20 with History categories.
As World War II drew to a close, the Imperial Japanese military seized control of Laos, a French protectorate, and encouraged nationalist movements to forestall the revival of French power in the region. Despite these efforts the French re-entered Indochina and methodically retook the protectorate. By 1957, the government of Laos and the core of the Communist Laotian forces, known as the Pathet Lao, entered an uneasy truce, which plunged the country into 15 years of war. This text explores the resulting war, providing a summary of events and profiling the Laotian government forces, the government Allied forces and the Communist forces.
The War In Laos 1960 75
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Author : Kenneth Conboy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-20
The War In Laos 1960 75 written by Kenneth Conboy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-20 with History categories.
As World War II drew to a close, the Imperial Japanese military seized control of Laos, a French protectorate, and encouraged nationalist movements to forestall the revival of French power in the region. Despite these efforts the French re-entered Indochina and methodically retook the protectorate. By 1957, the government of Laos and the core of the Communist Laotian forces, known as the Pathet Lao, entered an uneasy truce, which plunged the country into 15 years of war. This text explores the resulting war, providing a summary of events and profiling the Laotian government forces, the government Allied forces and the Communist forces.
Back Fire
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Author : Roger Warner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Back Fire written by Roger Warner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
From 1960 to 1973, the United States and the communist powers waged a hidden war in Laos, which led ultimately to the catastrophe of the Vietnam War. Warner's groundbreaking book offers the first full account of this secret war, based on his access to previously closed files and to interviews with intelligence players, military officers and government officials who have not spoken out before.
Battle For Skyline Ridge
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Author : James E. Parker
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2019-08-19
Battle For Skyline Ridge written by James E. Parker and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-19 with History categories.
The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by the CIA threw back a vast NVA army.
History Of The Secret War In Laos 1953 1975
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Author : Khao Insixiengmay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
History Of The Secret War In Laos 1953 1975 written by Khao Insixiengmay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Hmong (Asian people) categories.
Secret War
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Author : Billy G. Webb
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010
Secret War written by Billy G. Webb and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Political Science categories.
If war really is an extension of politics by other means, as Carl von Clausewitz declared back in 1827, then few wars have served as better examples than the Secret War in Laos from 1961-1975. A clandestine conflict fought in parallel with the Vietnam War, the Laotian Secret War ostensibly set the United States, Thailand, and various Laotian factions against Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In practice, the conflict was as much a civil war as an invasion; and ultimately, it devolved into a slow-motion act of suicide on the part of the Lao nation itself. The U.S. military and its Laotian Hmong allies, led by the resourceful General Vang Pao, made a disciplined effort to prosecute the war though from beginning to end, that effort was steeped in self-serving politics, and hamstrung by factional infighting, irrational decision-making, and self-imposed constraints that ultimately hurt more than they helped. Micromanagement by officers and clueless politicians far from the front was bad enough; far worse was the corruption of the head-butting Lao factions, who seemed unable to see beyond their own immediate needs and certainly had no vision for a strong, united Laos. The so-called Rightists, Leftists, and Neutralist factions simply could not wrap their heads around the concept that their only hope of survival lay in coming together against the relentless, well-equipped NVA. In fact, one faction, the Pathet Lao, repeatedly allied with the NVA against their own countrymen. But the Americans and Vang Pao's Hmong, those who repeatedly found themselves on the sharp end of the spear in the face of waffling, lack of discipline, and, occasionally, sheer cowardice on the part of their allies, refused to give up until, finally, their political leadership turned their backs on them. This is the story of those brave men, and the civilians who helped them fight an increasingly painful and mismanaged war. It was a war in which the political leaders involved proved conclusively that they had learned nothing from history or simply didn't care. Through ineptitude and back-room politicking, the leadership of both Laos and the United States eventually gave Laos to the Communists who proceeded to crush the Lao people into the dust, in the name of a morally bankrupt ideology that they themselves neither practiced nor truly believed in. Billy G. Webb lays out their story with both great precision and compassion in this lively, well-researched book, outlining the events that led us into the morass of the Secret War, and then detailing each bloody campaign of each bloody year. In addition to following the key characters on the U.S./Laotian side, especially the charismatic Vang Pao, he peppers the story with tales of courageous individuals who fell victim to the NVA and the Pathet Lao and, occasionally, the stupidity, incompetence, and gutlessness of people they trusted. Some survived to fight again; but many of these men, military and otherwise, paid the ultimate sacrifice in their fight to keep Laos free. Webb takes special care to showcase two organizations: the brave Forward Air Controllers who called themselves "the Ravens," and Air America, a civilian company (run by the CIA) that supported the military effort and aided the Lao populace whenever they were called upon. Few people have ever heard of the Ravens, those USAF and Army airmen who risked life and limb in tiny Cessna aircraft to locate targets for bombers and fighters to strike. Air America is more famous, due to the 1990 movie of the same name a film that unfairly maligned Air America as a parcel service for Laotian powerbrokers moving drugs and gold out of the country. Webb sets the record emphatically straight. That's not to say that such things weren't happening in Laos; they were. In hindsight, it's easy to condemn the CIA and the U.S. military leadership for allowing the corruption to spread; but as Nietzsche has pointed out, when you look long in
Special Air Warfare And The Secret War In Laos
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Author : Air University Press
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-02
Special Air Warfare And The Secret War In Laos written by Air University Press and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with categories.
The story of special air warfare and the Air Commandos who served for the ambassadors in Laos from 1964 to 1975 is captured through extensive research and veteran interviews. The author has meticulously put together a comprehensive overview of the involvement of USAF Air Commandos who served in Laos as trainers, advisors, and clandestine combat forces to prevent the communist takeover of the Royal Lao Government. This book includes pictures of those operations, unveils what had been a US government secret war, and adds a substantial contribution to understanding the wider war in Southeast Asia.
War In Laos 1954 1975
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Author : Kenneth J. Conboy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01-01
War In Laos 1954 1975 written by Kenneth J. Conboy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Laos categories.
Guide to how the U.S. fought the war in Laos
Laos
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Author : Judy Austin Rantala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Laos written by Judy Austin Rantala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The humor and pathos of the chaotic years before the Communist takeover of the government in 1975 are chronicled by following one Lao family in Communist controlled re-education camps, to their eventual resettlement in the United States.
A Great Place To Have A War
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Author : Joshua Kurlantzick
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-01-24
A Great Place To Have A War written by Joshua Kurlantzick and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with History categories.
The untold story of how America’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy. January, 1961: Laos, a tiny nation few Americans have heard of, is at risk of falling to communism and triggering a domino effect throughout Southeast Asia. This is what President Eisenhower believed when he approved the CIA’s Operation Momentum, creating an army of ethnic Hmong to fight communist forces there. Largely hidden from the American public—and most of Congress—Momentum became the largest CIA paramilitary operation in the history of the United States. The brutal war lasted more than a decade, left the ground littered with thousands of unexploded bombs, and changed the nature of the CIA forever. With “revelatory reporting” and “lucid prose” (The Economist), Kurlantzick provides the definitive account of the Laos war, focusing on the four key people who led the operation: the CIA operative whose idea it was, the Hmong general who led the proxy army in the field, the paramilitary specialist who trained the Hmong forces, and the State Department careerist who took control over the war as it grew. Using recently declassified records and extensive interviews, Kurlantzick shows for the first time how the CIA’s clandestine adventures in one small, Southeast Asian country became the template for how the United States has conducted war ever since—all the way to today’s war on terrorism.