Title:
Tragic mountains : the Hmong, the Americans, and the secret wars for Laos, 1942-1992 / Jane Hamilton-Merritt.
ISBN:
9780253207562
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1999]
©1999
Physical Description:
xxviii, 580 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Fight for the Control of Indochina. 1. Massacre on the Mekong. 2. The Time of the Fackee. 3. The Rise of the Viet Minh. 4. The Time of the Viet Minh -- Pt. 2. Laos: The First Domino. 5. The Time of the Americans. 6. Camelot and the Land of Oz. 7. The Charade of Neutralization -- Pt. 3. Secret War in Laos: The Johnson Years. 8. CIA Operations at Long Chieng. 9. Widening of the "Secret War" 10. Phou Pha Thi Falls, "the Alamo" Holds. 11. Hmong in the Skies. 12. Vang Pao Goes to Washington -- Pt. 4. The Nixon-Kissinger Years. 13. Men of Courage. 14. The U.S. Betrays the Hmong. 15. Lima Lima. 16. Kissinger and Guerrilla Diplomacy. 17. Bouam Loung, SKY Border Base. 18. War Bloodies the Land of Oz. 19. The Siege of Long Chieng -- Pt. 5. "Peace" In Laos: The Communist Takeover. 20. The Last Americans. 21. An Ominous Lull. 22. "Wipe Them Out!" -- Pt. 6. The Lao Gulag. 23. Exodus. 24. Chao Fa: Mystical Warriors. 25. Holocaust in the Hills. 26. The Giant Slays Sin Sai's Soldiers.
OCLC Number:
ocm48007727
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