Battle for Skyline Ridge
The CIA Secret War in Laos
An incredibly powerful account of a little-known chapter in the Vietnam War saga written by a CIA veteran who fought in the Secret War (Booklist, starred review). In the 1960s and '70s, the Laotian Civil War became a covert theater for the conflict in Vietnam, with the US paramilitary backing the Royal Lao government in what came to be known among the CIA as the Secret War. In late 1971, the North Vietnamese Army launched Campaign Z, invading northern Laos on a mission to defeat the Royal Lao Army. General Giap had specifically ordered the NVA troops to kill the CIA army and occupy its field headquarters in the Long Tieng valley. The NVA fa…
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Weitere Autoren: Parker, James E.
- ISBN: 978-1-5040-6015-8
- EAN: 9781504060158
- Produktnummer: 32642734
- Verlag: Casemate Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 225 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 25'723 KB
Über den Autor
James E. Parker Jr. was one of the first American soldiers into Vietnam, and he was the last to leave in 1975. In between he married, graduated from UNC, and joined the CIA. His first CIA assignment was upcountry Laos where he led Hmong hillstribe guerrillas against two divisions of North Vietnamese soldiers. After paramilitary work in Laos/Vietnam, Parker went on to serve undercover in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, retiring in 1992. His books include Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War and Covert Ops: The CIA's Secret War in Laos. Parker spent years researching the battle of Skyline Ridge and working on this book; he sadly died while it was in production.
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