THE CIA IN ITS GLORY DAYS and the mad confidence that led to disaster in Vietnam are the subjects of Roger Warner's prizewinning history, Shooti...
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Mar 17, 2010
Martin
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When I started this book, I didn't expect to finish it. While it’s hardly a gripping book, it turned out to be sufficiently interesting that I saw it through. Roughly the first half of the book concerns the colorful Americans (CIA) working covertly in Laos with colorful Laotian characters—especially the Hmong leader Vang Pao—to produce a civil war in service to our larger anti-communist efforts. The second half of the book chronicles how the US military got involved, Washington politics got invo
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Dec 30, 2007
Phayvanh
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This book was part of my initial search for the stories of my past. There weren't many books at my local library that dealt with Laos and its involvement with the Veitnam conflict. I'd seen a synopsis of this in a catalogue and requested it. And because I had to return it (and most likely it was late) I never got around to finishing it. I probably had a chapter more to go. But it was mostly read.
And this book at the time gave me such a rich imagining for the land I barely rememb More...
And this book at the time gave me such a rich imagining for the land I barely rememb More...
Jul 17, 2009
David
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I recommended this on www.talesmag.com as the best book for a Laos newbie to read to get to know about the country. It is a history of the so-called "Secret War" and also a fun read. But the story of the war is not pretty and the US does not come off looking good.
Aug 03, 2011
we (USA) don't seem to learn from the history of unsuccessfully trying to change other countries' governments. Good overall, but the style of individual stories got a little tired by the end.
Jun 08, 2011
Bennet
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Along with Christopher Robbins's The Ravens and Hamilton-Merritt's Tragic Mountains, essential reading on American involvement in the war(s) in Laos.
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