A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451667884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kurlantzick argues persuasively that the so-called secret war in Laos — which eventually was discovered by the press — set a pattern for future conflicts. One puts the book down with a deeper, richer understanding of this sordid chapter in the history of American interventionism.” (The Washington Post)“Joshua Kurlantzick's story of the CIA's secret war in Laos brilliantly illuminates one of the most obscure yet harrowing chapters of the Vietnam conflict. Vang Pao — who did the bulk of the fighting on behalf of the U.S. “Engrossing. WIth sure pacing and a gallery of rich characters, Kurlantzick shows how a modest opera
He has written about Asia for publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The New York Times Magazine. For more information on Kurlantzick, visit CFR. Joshua Kurlantzick is a senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. . He is the winner of the Luce Scholarship and was selected as a finalist for the Osborn Elliot prize, both for journalism in Asia. He has been a corresponde
This book is garbage Jim Parker Errors in fact and in conjecture are found in almost every paragraph of this myopic look at the CIA’s paramilitary in Laos.- The opening scene of CIA’s Bill Lair and Hmong warlord Vang Pao meeting to discuss terms of US cooperation with the Hmong to counter communism in Laos, addressed one of the key post-war questions of what was promised to the Hmong. And what wasn’t. Anyone with experience in the CIA’s clandestine service knows that clearly detailed written commitments when cooperation is initiat. jinx said Good rea. Having been a pilot who participated in this war.,, I found the author to be on target with his description of the phase of the air war that I flew in. I flew as a FAC along the Holy Chi Minh trail.Jinx. "Laos then and now" according to James T. McDowell. Great book, CIA lessons learned from Iran under Dulles, and how the Agency had free hand in its operations in Laos, with the implications today?
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