| Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968 Contributor(s): History, Center For Air Force (Author), Staaveren, Jacob Van (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477541888 ISBN-13: 9781477541883 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 380 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Throughout the War in Southeast Asia, Communist forces form North Vietnam infiltrated the isolated, neutral state of Laos. Men and supplies crossed the mountain passes and travelled along an intricate web of roads and jungle paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the Viet Cong insurgents in South Vietnam. American involvement in Laos began which a photo-reconnaissance missions and, as the war in Vietnam intensified, expanded to a series of air-ground operations from bases in Vietnam and Thailand against fixed targets and infiltration routes in southern Laos. This volume examines this complex operational environment. United States Air Force. Center for Air Force History. |
