The universe unraveling : American foreign policy in Cold War Laos / Seth Jacobs.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:United States in the world.
Main Author: Jacobs, Seth, 1964-
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:United States in the world.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Laos.
Laos > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
Physical Description:x, 312 pages : illustrations, maps.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A long country inhabited by lotus eaters : Washington encounters Laos
  • A soft buffer : Laos in the Eisenhower administration's grand strategy
  • Help the seemingly unhelpable : Little America and the U.S. aid program in Laos
  • Foreigners who want to enslave the country : American neocolonialism, Lao defiance
  • Doctor Tom and Mister Pop : American icons in Laos
  • Retarded children : Laos in the American popular imagination
  • No place to fight a war : Washington backs away from Laos.