A great place to have a war

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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.

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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 trigg Uiterlijk 23 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Close-Up on War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam

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The incredible story of catherine leroy one of the few woman photographers during the vietnam war told by an award winning journalist and children s authorfrom award winning journalist and children s book author mary cronk farrell comes the inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave Uiterlijk 16 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

A Short History of The Vietnam War

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This is the definitive story of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in us history created in association with the smithsonian institution this authoritative history of the vietnam war examines the key figures and events of the conflict and its lasting effects on the world this his Uiterlijk 16 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 januari 2017

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Joshua Kurlantzick

Hoofduitgeverij: Simon & Schuster

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EAN: 9781451667899

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