Dirty and Dangerous: Flyers and Their Secret War in LaosCharles Babcock
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This is Chapter Eight (Warlord) of Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat:The Hmong and America's Secret War in Laos, scheduled forpublication in March 2000. The chapter chronicles the eventsthat led to Vang Pao's rise to commander, and warlord, of thesecond military region. It also describes the pol...
Hmong vets, who fought in secret, are honored; In the 1960s and '70s, Hmong soldiers aided the United States in its covert war in Laos. On Wednesday, Hmong veterans converged on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington to make sure they are not forgotten.(NEWS)...
Flying through Midnight: A Pilot's Dramatic Story of His Secret Missions over Laos during the Vietnam War by John T. Halliday. Scribner, imprint of Simon and Schuster (http://www.simonsays.com), 1230 Avenue of die Americas, New York, New York 10020, 2005, 432 pages, $27.50 (hardcover...
To many readers, Dooley’s book seemed to be more than a compelling chronicle of this operation; it reflected the sensibilities and concerns of a Cold War humanitarian and idealist. “All in Viet Nam dream and strive for freedom,” he had written, “the people who toil in the rice fields...
For Laotian-Americans of my generation, the psychic traumas ofour parents are wrapped in our...Vang, Mai Der
Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Washington Intervenes Covert War Overview of War Tides of War Dynamics of Covert War AftermathAlfred W. McCoyJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdMcCoy, A. W. 2002 . “ America’s Secret War in Laos, 1955–75 .” In A Companion to the Vietnam...
Starting from Hanoi, the primary trail turned southwest into Laos and eastern Cambodia before branching into South Vietnam. Beginning in 1960s, the volume of traffic on the network of trails expanded significantly, but it still took more than a month's march, by foot and bicycle, to travel ...
This article is intended to present new findings on covert Thai intervention in Laos, in association with the United States, during the Vietnam War. As it was considered a violation of the Geneva Accords, information on clandestine Thai intervention in Laos has been treated with strict ...