Before the quagmire : American intervention in Laos, 1954-1961 /

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In the decade preceding the first U.S. combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although U.S. foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats posed by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rust, William J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Temas:
1953-1961
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
United States > Foreign relations > Laos.
Laos > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1953-1961.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Laos.
Laos
United States
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  • The most difficult post in the entire foreign service
  • A frontier country in the Cold War
  • Behind the scenes
  • Dangerously unstable
  • Drawing the line
  • Dichotomy
  • Normal dishonesty
  • Unacceptable developments
  • Who the hell is our boy?
  • Virtually a traitor
  • Epilogue: a legacy of strife and confusion.

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