At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: United States Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955-75 - Paperback
by Timothy Castle (Author)
The first book to recount the full story of U.S. covert operations in Laos during the Vietnam war. Based on newly declassified materials and interviews with dozens of key American and Lao officials, it examines the structure of the U.S. "secret war" in Laos and the long-term consequences associated with it.
'At War in The Shadow Of Vietnam' is the first book to recount the full story of U.S. covert activity in Laos from 1955 to 1975. Based on declassified materials as well as interviews with scores of key American and Laotian participants, it describes in detail the structure and execution of America's 'secret war' and its long-term consequences.
Timothy N. Castle served two tours in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, flying over Laos from Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base on thirty-eight combat support missions. Since 1990, he has traveled to Laos frequently as a researcher and senior Department of Defense POW/MIA investigator for Laos, and as a consultant for NBC News. He is senior researcher at the CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence. He is also the author of One Day Too Long (Columbia).
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