Battle for Skyline Ridge the CIA secret war in Laos

Origins -- Enter Vang Pao -- Spanner in the works -- Test of concept -- Air America -- Geneva Accords, 1962 -- The secret war takes form -- Relegated to the shadows -- LS 36 and LS 85 -- The mighty ravens -- 1968 -- About face -- 1970 -- The Royal Thai Army's 13th Infantry Regiment -- The Tahan...

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1. Verfasser: Parker, James E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Oxford Casemate 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Origins -- Enter Vang Pao -- Spanner in the works -- Test of concept -- Air America -- Geneva Accords, 1962 -- The secret war takes form -- Relegated to the shadows -- LS 36 and LS 85 -- The mighty ravens -- 1968 -- About face -- 1970 -- The Royal Thai Army's 13th Infantry Regiment -- The Tahan Sua Pran -- Campaign 74B -- St. Valentine's Day Massacre and the Thai Irregulars to the rescue -- Back to the PDJ -- PDJ fight -- Phase I Skyline -- January 14, 1972 -- Phase II Skyline -- VP's end-around -- Hill 1800 -- Sam Thong and CC Pad Falls -- Final showdown at CC and CB -- So what happened -- Epilogue -- Appendix: the aircraft over Northern Laos.
The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by the CIA threw back a vast NVA army
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-198) and index
Beschreibung:xvi, 200 Seiten, [8] ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
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24 cm
ISBN:9781612007052
978-1-61200-705-2
1612007058
1-61200-705-8