Author: James E. Parker
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9781557506689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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 and the people who served there.
Codename Mule
Author: James E. Parker
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9781557506689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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 and the people who served there.
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9781557506689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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 and the people who served there.
A Great Place to Have a War
Author: Joshua Kurlantzick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451667892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451667892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
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.
Covert Ops
Author: James E. Parker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312963408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312963408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
Hill 926: Stronghold
Author: John Hyland Iv
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479716839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
After settling into their new home the small force of fifty-two began preparing. Their new mission was to learn all that they can about the enemy by deploying small teams out into the valley. Meanwhile others are preparing demolishing charge to hopefully slow down the enemy. After their first mission was completed they plan for more missions. They even discover that the enemy is constructing something very large and they devise an enormous plan to destroy it.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479716839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
After settling into their new home the small force of fifty-two began preparing. Their new mission was to learn all that they can about the enemy by deploying small teams out into the valley. Meanwhile others are preparing demolishing charge to hopefully slow down the enemy. After their first mission was completed they plan for more missions. They even discover that the enemy is constructing something very large and they devise an enormous plan to destroy it.
Platoon: Bravo Company
Author: Robert Hemphill
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312976576
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The commanding officer of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division--the same unit director Oliver Stone fought in and presumably based his Oscar-winning film "Platoon"--tells how he assumed command of the unit in Vietnam, and how it engaged in horrific fighting in the 1968 Tet Offensive. Photos.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312976576
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The commanding officer of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division--the same unit director Oliver Stone fought in and presumably based his Oscar-winning film "Platoon"--tells how he assumed command of the unit in Vietnam, and how it engaged in horrific fighting in the 1968 Tet Offensive. Photos.
Army
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Stronghold
Author: John Hyland IV
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1684568242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Stronghold by John Hyland IV [--------------------------------------------]
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1684568242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Stronghold by John Hyland IV [--------------------------------------------]
Infantry
Choppers
Author: J. D. Coleman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312966355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The seventh book in the "Special Warfare" series depicts the genesis of Vietnam helicopter warfare in vivid, unforgettable detail. They were the first air assault division in the history of the U.S. Army. Through trial by fire, they tested and proved their ideas, their strategies, their equipment and themselves--winning America's first major victory against the North Vietnamese. This is the story of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, told by a man that was a part of it. Photo insert.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312966355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The seventh book in the "Special Warfare" series depicts the genesis of Vietnam helicopter warfare in vivid, unforgettable detail. They were the first air assault division in the history of the U.S. Army. Through trial by fire, they tested and proved their ideas, their strategies, their equipment and themselves--winning America's first major victory against the North Vietnamese. This is the story of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, told by a man that was a part of it. Photo insert.