The Erewan War Volume 2: The CIA Paramilitary Campaign in Laos, 1969-1974
Product code 9781915070609
Series Asia @ War 28
Publisher/Brand Helion & Company
Author Ken Conboy
Format 29,7 x 21 cm
No. Pages 78
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Aviationbooks
Subcategory World Wars Books » War in Asia
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During a closed-door meeting of Washington policy makers on 31 March 1971, a senior CIA officer informed National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger that the agency was controlling up to 8 divisions of indigenous troops in Laos. "When the CIA reaches the point of having the largest army in Southeast Asia," retorted Kissinger, "we better review the program!".
The Erawan War, Volume 2 details how the CIA operation in Laos reached that point, becoming its largest paramilitary operation of the Cold War. With photos and maps, it covers the wide range of CIA-supported units in Laos, from guerrilla regiments that went toe-to-toe with the North Vietnamese army in pitched campaigns, to top-secret commandos that crossed borders to wage clandestine sabotage attacks.
