Hog's Exit : Jerry Daniels, the Hmong, and the CIA /

"This book examines the unique personality and reported death of a man who was a pivotal agent in U.S./Hmong history. Friends and family share their memories of Daniels growing up in Montana, cheating death in Laos, and carousing in the bars and brothels of Thailand. First-person accounts from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morrison, Gayle (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Daniels, Jerry > (Jerrold Barker), > 1941-1982 > Death and burial > Anecdotes.
Daniels, Jerry > (Jerrold Barker), > 1941-1982 > Anecdotes.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
Smokejumpers.
Secret service.
Military campaigns.
Hmong (Asian people) > Funeral customs and rites.
Hmong Americans.
Employees.
Pompiers parachutistes > Montana > Biographies.
Americains d'origine miao > Montana > Missoula > Anecdotes.
Miao (Peuple d'Asie) > Rites et ceremonies funeraires.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Recits personnels.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Service secret > États-Unis.
Smokejumpers > Montana > Biography.
Hmong Americans > Montana > Missoula > Anecdotes.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, Hmong (Asian people)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Secret service > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Laos.
United States.
Montana > Missoula.
Montana.
Laos.
Missoula (Mont.) > Biography.
Anecdotes.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bangkok : late April-May 6, 1982. Discovery
  • Shock and dismay
  • Laos, part 1 : Na Khang
  • Missoula : May 2-8, 1982. Hometown friends
  • Missoula Hmong
  • Laos, part 2 : Long Cheng (1968-73)
  • Missoula : May 8-10, 1982. Hard landing
  • Laos, part 3 : the fall (1973-75)
  • Laos, part 4 : Uprooted
  • Coming together
  • Refugee program, Thailand (1976-82)
  • Condolences and rumors
  • Funeral chant phases 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 : Showing the way
  • A way of life
  • Funeral chant phase 6 : sin city and rodeos
  • Funeral chant phase 7 and Kheng performance
  • Tears in my beer
  • Silk stories
  • Kickers for the CIA
  • The lingo
  • Visiting day
  • Marana
  • A man{u2019}s man
  • Jerry{u2019}s last visit
  • Final gathering
  • Louise
  • Until horse grows horns
  • After the Burial : May 11, 1982-2012. Question remains
  • An echo of death.

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