We have added some book reviews covering the "Secret War" in Laos and the plight of the Hmong people. Site Update:Kark Gustav M/45 "Swedish K": 12.12.08: Site Update: SOG Recon Knife: 12.12.08: Site Update: General Ammunition Pouch: 10.12.08: Site Update: CISO Ammunition Pouch: 10.1...
** Hmong (RPA): newly added language, spoken in Southeast Asia and the United States. Icelandic: braille-to-print translation handles emphasis indicators. Ingush (a Russian minority language): print-to-braille translation of a characteristic letter has been corrected. Japanese: Japanese documents ...
The article presents information about the history of Hmongs. Many Hmongs in Laos fought against the communist-nationalist political movement called Pathet Lao. When Pathet Lao won power, the Hmongs became targets for violence and persecution. Startin...
Secondly, Mrs. Lee’s interpretation of Hmong history comes across clearly in what she leaves out as much as what she decides to include. Most notably to us, the Mekong River stretches across the story cloth (from the top left corner to the bottom right corner), demarcating the death abov...
People's History of the Hmong By the time they learned of the opportunity to resettle, Tham Krabok was closed and they were forbidden entry. More than 60 percent of the settlers were under the age of eightI ePILOGue 291 een; about 15,500 applied for ... P Hillmer 被引量: 40发表:...
Lee, R. "The History Guy: The Mayaguez Incident" http://www.historyguy.com/mayaguez_incident.html Pages on the American Military History and on South East Asian Wars Iraq War Gulf War American War Casualties Hmong Rebellion in Laos Wars of Vietnam Thailand-Laos Border War of 1987...
A History of the Hmong: From Ancient Times to the Modern Diaspora This is the first completely up-to-date Hmong history book ever written by a member of the Hmong people. It describes the earliest civilizations of the Hmong and Miao in China, and why some of the Hmong migrated into South...
Present-day Tibetans have adapted both genetically and culturally to the high altitude environment of the Tibetan Plateau, but fundamental questions about their origins remain unanswered. Recent archaeological and genetic research suggests the presence o
When journalists and political analysts talk about the opium issue in South-East Asia, they usually emphasize the responsibility of the "opium farmers" in the international market of heroin, in particular the responsibility of the Hill-Tribe peoples in too famous "Golden Triangle". The devastation...
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