This is the most 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. Of what's been written on this conflict, Conboy's Shadow War is the definitive history. It is the bible that people who research the war or who lived the war refer to. Every sentence of every paragraph of every chapter is filled with incredible detail, and while there might be some debate over some minor points, there is no debate that this is the single best record of what went on in that shadowy fight. It represents 10 years of labor on the part of Conboy and Morrison and is unparalleled in scope and detail. The "Secret War" in Laos (1950s-1975) was the CIA's largest paramilitary operation, a covert conflict fought alongside the Vietnam War, primarily using tens of thousands of U.S.-backed Hmong tribesmen led by General Vang Pao to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines (Ho Chi Minh Trail) and fight communist Pathet Lao forces, resulting in Laos becoming the most bombed country per capita and leaving a legacy of unexploded ordnance and displaced Hmong people. Title: Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos Author Name: Conboy, Kenneth Location Published: Paladin Press: 1995 Binding: softcover Book Condition: As New Pages: 464 Categories: Special Forces & Unconventional Warfare, Guerrilla Wars & Resistance Movements, Vietnam War 1960-1975 Seller ID: 2163
