A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA

by Joshua Kurlantzick

Book Overview

The untold story of how America's secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy. In 1960, President Eisenhower was focused on Laos, a tiny Southeast Asian nation few Americans had ever heard of. Washington feared the country would fall to communism, triggering a domino effect in the rest of Southeast Asia. So in January 1961, Eisenhower approved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451667868
• ISBN13: 9781451667868
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"