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Gayle L. Morrison - Sky Is Falling, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Sky Is Falling

An Oral History of the CIA's Evacuation of the Hmong from Laos

Av Gayle L. Morrison

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Beskrivning
Starting in 1960, Hmong guerrilla soldiers, under the command of General Vang Pao, functioned as the hands and feet of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's secret war against communist forces in Laos. Operating out of Long Cheng, the Hmong soldiers allowed the CIA to accomplish two objectives: to maintain the perception of United States neutrality in Laos and to tie up North Vietnamese troops in Laos who would otherwise have been sent to fight in South Vietnam.The U.S. government had quietly pledged to General Vang Pao and the Hmong that the Americans would take care of them in the event that Laos fell. In May 1975, this promise was redeemed when the CIA generated an air evacuation that moved more than 2,500 Hmong officers, soldiers and family members out of their mountain-ringed airbase. Fifty or so Hmong and Americans involved in the evacuation provide herein a firsthand account of the 14-day evacuation and the events leading up to it. Their accounts document both the political and human aspects of this unusual historical event.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2008-01-02
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 12 mm
  • Vikt: 313 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 232
  • Förlag: McFarland & Co Inc
  • ISBN: 9780786437535
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Gayle L. Morrison has worked with the Hmong community for the past 30 years. In 2003-04 she received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue her oral history research with the Hmong. She lives in California.

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“deals with one of the most secretive parts of the war”—Southwest Oral History Association Newsletter; “an impressive compilation of oral history...offers new and detailed information from reliable sources...an important record of events and how they were perceived by different parties”—Khosana; “a firsthand account”—Indochina Chronology; “a source of valuable insight”—Air-Log; “pieces together the story of the evacuation from the actual words of the participants—from the son of Hmong leader Vang Pao and US pilots to ordinary Hmong students and villagers...a valuable addition”—South China Morning Post; “a firsthand account of the 14–day evacuation and the events leading up to it...document[s] both the political and human aspects”—Hmong Tribune; “both key players and ordinary people.... The direct, unadorned language of those interviews gives the book an impact a more academic approach could never have...an important contribution”—Air America Log.

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