Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968

Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 1477541888
ISBN-13 : 9781477541883
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Book Synopsis Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968 by : Jacob Staaveren

Download or read book Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968 written by Jacob Staaveren and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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