Tragic Mountains The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992

Name: Tragic Mountains The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992
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ISBN: 9780253207562

ISBN-10: 0253207568

ISBN-13: 9780253207562

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jane Hamilton-Merritt

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Tragic Mountains tells the story of the Hmong's struggle for freedom and survival in Laos from 1942 through 1992. During those years, most Hmong sided with the French against the Japanese and Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh, and then with the Americans against the North Viemamese.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Names


Chronology



The Fight for the Control of Indochina



Massacre on the Mekong



The Time of the Fackee



The Rise of the Viet Minh



The Time of the Viet Minh



Laos: the First Domino



The Time of the Americans



Camelot and the Land of Oz



The Charade of Neutralization



Secret War in Laos: the Johnson Years



CIA Operations at Long Chieng



Widening of the "Secret War"



Phou Pha Thi Falls, "the Alamo" Holds



Hmong in the Skies



Vang Pao Goes to Washington



The Nixon-Kissinger Years



Men of Courage



The U.S. Betrays the Hmong



Lima Lima



Kissinger and Guerrilla Diplomacy



Bouam Loung, Sky Border Base



War Bloodies the Land of Oz



The Siege of Long Chieng



"Peace" in Laos: the Communist Takeover



The Last Americans



An Ominous Lull



"Wipe Them Out!"



The Lao Gulag



Exodus



Chao Fa: Mystical Warriors



Holocaust in the Hills



The Giant Slays Sin Sai's Soldiers



A New Military Age



"A Conspiracy of Silence"



"Yellow Rain" and World Councils



Wronged by the Media



Wronged in War; Wronged in Peace



Burial in Montana



Abused and Abandoned



Requiem


Appendix


Notes


Glossary


Interviews and Sources


Index