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.
Photos and maps are used to illustrate the wide range of units supported by the CIA in Laos, from guerrilla regiments that competed in campaigns with the North Vietnamese army to top-secret commandos that crossed borders to carry out secret sabotage attacks in enemy territory.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Conboy, Ken
Title
The Erawan War. Volume 2: The CIA Paramilitary Campaign in Laos, 1969-1974
Details
English text, paperback, 72 bw-photos, 14 pages with colour photos, colour profiles and illustrations of unit insignia, large format. 64 pages.
