This is the first comprehensive history of the CIA's largest paramilitary operation during the cold war. It took 10 years to write and involved interviews with 650 CIA case officers, U.S. military officials, and senior Lao, Thai and North Vietnamese officers. Includes outstanding photos and maps and never-before-reported details on the secret war in Laos.
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"THE BOOK" on the CIA and the war in Laos!,
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This review is from: Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War In Laos (Paperback)
I was a CIA officer who fought in Laos from '70 to '72. This is, without a doubt, the best book on the war in Laos. It is not an "adventure" novel or a book of "I was there" like some other books on the war. It is a well researched and in depth account of the war and the CIA involvement. Ken Conboy went to great lengths to research and interview participants in the war, from all sides, and his book is a very detailed and accurate account of the US/CIA effort to prevent Laos from falling to the Communists. This is not, repeat not, a book for casual reading! Conboy has gone to into great detail about the war and the people who fought it; it is, without a doubt, the best account of a war that, to most, is still a "secret war." There are other books about the war that are easier reads but none that is are more accurate or have more depth. This is a great reference book. If you are a serious student of the CIA effort in Southeast Asia during the 60's to the late 70's then this is the book for you.
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Incredible Book,
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This review is from: Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War In Laos (Paperback)
I read this book, after returning from Laos recently on a visit with a fellow veteran who almost died there in a terrible firefight in 1968. So I read with keen interest Kenneth Conboys book, and it is most informative. I read Shadow War recently after finishing several other somewhat related titles ie. "Tragedy in Paradise" by Charles Weldon MD "A Code to Keep" by Ernest Bruce and "The Sorrow of War" by Bao Ninh "Hell in a Very small place" Mr Kenneth Conboy series of books and these others should be required reading for all American policy makers before they deploy Americans, Hmongs, Filipinos, or Thais to project American policy abroad. Thx cousin
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Incredible Book,
By D. CONBOY (NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War In Laos (Paperback)
I read this book, after returning from Laos recently on a visit with a fellow veteran who almost died there in a terrible firefight in 1968. So I read with keen interest Kenneth Conboys book, and it is most informative. I read Shadow War recently after finishing several other somewhat related titles ie. "Tragedy in Paradise" by Charles Weldon MD "A Code to Keep" by Ernest Bruce and "The Sorrow of War" by Bao Ninh "Hell in a Very small place" Mr Kenneth Conboy series of books and these others should be required reading for all American policy makers before they deploy Americans, Hmongs, Filipinos, or Thais to project American policy abroad. Thx cousin
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WITH THE FALL OF FRANCE IN JUNE 1940 to Nazi Germany, the half-century French grip on its Southeast Asian colonies quickly degenerated to a toehold. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vang Pao, Pathet Lao, Plaine des Jarres, Air America, Long Tieng, Kong Le, Luang Prabang, Sam Neua, North Vietnamese, Moung Soui, Nam Yu, Lao Theung, Phou Phathi, Souvanna Phouma, Sam Thong, South Vietnam, James Morrison, Savannakhet Unit, Thao Ma, Viet Minh, Moung Phalane, Nam Tha, Dac Cong, Xieng Khouangville, Vang Vieng New!
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WITH THE FALL OF FRANCE IN JUNE 1940 to Nazi Germany, the half-century French grip on its Southeast Asian colonies quickly degenerated to a toehold. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vang Pao, Pathet Lao, Plaine des Jarres, Air America, Long Tieng, Kong Le, Luang Prabang, Sam Neua, North Vietnamese, Moung Soui, Nam Yu, Lao Theung, Phou Phathi, Souvanna Phouma, Sam Thong, South Vietnam, James Morrison, Savannakhet Unit, Thao Ma, Viet Minh, Moung Phalane, Nam Tha, Dac Cong, Xieng Khouangville, Vang Vieng New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Years of Upheaval by Henry Kissinger on page 398, and page 399
- United States of America: The Land and Its People (Macdonald Countries) by John Bear in Copyright
- Kennedy in Vietnam: American Vietnam Policy 1960-1963 (A Da Capo Paperback) by William J. Rust on page 103
- Inside the Green Berets by Charles Simpson on page 91
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