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Author | : Martin Stuart-Fox |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1997-09-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521597463 |
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This authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this little-known country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, the People's Democratic Republic, and the present one-party authoritarianism. The book highlights Laos' complex and shifting political alliances. The struggle for independence from France was followed by a struggle for unity and neutrality in the face of persistent foreign intervention, as the country was drawn into the war in Vietnam. Only with the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops has Laos been able to reassert its neutral foreign policy and develop a market economy. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history. It will be essential for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins ASEAN, faces great economic challenges and struggles to maintain its cultural identity.
Author | : Grant Evans |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781864489972 |
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Chronicles the history of Laos, discussing such topics as its early kingdoms, French rule, the Royal Lao Government, and the impact of the Vietnam War.
Author | : Sanda Simms |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2013-10-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136863370 |
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Describes the changes in society over 600 years as Lan Xang was gradually dismembered and became a French colony. Most importantly, it shows the essence of the Lao and why, despite all that has happened, they possess their own social and cultural values that mark them as distinctive.
Author | : Christopher E. Goscha |
Publisher | : NIAS Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9788791114021 |
Download Contesting Visions of the Lao Past Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Laos's emergence as a modern nation-state in the 20th century owed much to a complex interplay of internal and external forces. Arguing that the historiography of Laos needs to be understood in this wider context, this study considers how the Lao have written their own nationalist and revolutionary history "on the inside," while others-the French, Vietnamese, and Thais-have attempted to write the history of Laos "from the outside" for their own political ends. As nationalist historiography, like the formation of the nation-state, does not emerge within a nationalist vacuum but rather is created and contested from inside and out, this incisive volume's approach has applications and implications far beyond Laos.
Author | : Sisouk Na 1928- Champassak |
Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781013531446 |
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Joshua Kurlantzick |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1451667892 |
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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.
Author | : Viliam Phraxayavong |
Publisher | : Silkworm Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Sydney, 2007.
Author | : Karen Coates |
Publisher | : ThingsAsian Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1934159492 |
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Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern spent more than seven years traveling in Laos, talking to farmers, scrap-metal hunters, people who make and use tools from UXO, people who hunt for death beneath the earth and render it harmless. With their words and photographs, they reveal the beauty of Laos, the strength of Laotians, and the commitment of bomb-disposal teams. People take precedence in this account, which is deeply personal without ever becoming a polemic.
Author | : Sisouk Na Champassak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Laos |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Manich Jumsai (M.L.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Lanna (Kingdom) |
ISBN | : |
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