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Author | : Joseph D. Celeski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Special operations (Military science) |
ISBN | : 9781585662906 |
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"This book is Dedicated to the Air Commandos who served in the secret war in Laos and who fought and gave their lives in that conflict to prevent the communist takeover of the Royal Kingdom of Laos. It was through their efforts, vision, and bold leadership that Special Air Warfare was successful in that theater of operations"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Air University Press |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2019-07-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781079351712 |
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The story of special air warfare and the Air Commandos who served for the ambassadors in Laos from 1964 to 1975 is captured through extensive research and veteran interviews. The author has meticulously put together a comprehensive overview of the involvement of USAF Air Commandos who served in Laos as trainers, advisors, and clandestine combat forces to prevent the communist takeover of the Royal Lao Government. This book includes pictures of those operations, unveils what had been a US government secret war, and adds a substantial contribution to understanding the wider war in Southeast Asia.
Author | : Christopher Robbins |
Publisher | : Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Ravens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes the secret aerial missions flown by American pilots over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Author | : Joseph D. Celeski |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2018-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612006663 |
Download The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The untold story of US Special Forces in Laos, one of the longest secret wars of the Cold War—by a military historian and Special Forces veteran. The Secret War in Laos was one of the first “long wars” fought by US Special Forces, spanning a period of about thirteen years. It was one of the largest CIA-paramilitary operations of the time, kept out of the view of the American public until now. Between 1959 and 1974, Green Berets were covertly deployed to Laos during the Laotian Civil War to prevent the Communist Pathet Lao from taking over the country. Operators disguised as civilians and answering only to “Mister,“ were delivered to the country by Air America, where they reported to the US Ambassador. With limited resources, they faced a country in chaos. Maps had large blank areas. and essential supplies often didn’t arrive at all. In challenging tropical conditions, they trained and undertook combat advisory duties with the Royal Lao Government. Shrouded in secrecy until the 1990s, this was one of the first major applications of special warfare doctrine. Now, the story is comprehensively told for the first time using official archival documents and interviews with veterans.
Author | : Brinda Dobberfuhl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2021-05-27 |
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ISBN | : |
Download Secret War Laos 1970: Stories of Survival and Courage Against Great Odds Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This work is an expression of my experiences as a Raven Forward Air Controller during the secret war in Laos. My window of participation was from December 1969 thru June 1970. This work is about people I knew who risk their life in a fight for the freedom of others and whose lives were twisted and tempered in the crucible of Regional Civil Wars. This is a story of promise, betrayal, and hardship that progressed to a refugee gateway leading to compassion, freedom, education, and prosperity. The Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, Montagnard, and Vietnamese refugees from the Vietnam Area War produced vibrant communities in the United States. The Hmong preserved and learned to adapt to the American system without losing their cultural identity as Hmong or Americans. The Hmong have cleared the path and set the example for new refugees to follow.
Author | : Michael E. Haas |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1998-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780788149832 |
Download Apollo's Warriors Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.
Author | : Christopher Robbins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Laos |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James E. Parker |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1997-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780312963408 |
Download Covert Ops Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
At the same time the Vietnam War was being broadcast into the living rooms of Americans across the country the CIA was conducting a large-scale secret war in northeastern Laos that few heard about. Agency case officer Jim Parker's five years of combat and immersion in Southeast Asian culture had a lasting influence on him and his family. His dramatic, provocative reminiscence of those years is the first account by a participant to portray America's involvement in Laos.
Author | : Reginald Hathorn |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2008-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811741486 |
Download Here There are Tigers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In-the-cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam War. Many never-before-heard stories--some of them tragic, others humorous.
Author | : Joshua Kurlantzick |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1451667892 |
Download A Great Place to Have a War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.