War in Shangri-La

A Memoir of Civil War in Laos

By: Mervyn Brown

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Hardcover | 29 June 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Sandwiched between US-supported Thailand and Communist North Vietnam, the tranquil Buddhist Kingdom of Laos--the original Shangri-La--became the center of a major Cold War crisis in the early sixties, when Mervyn Brown served there as deputy to the British Ambassador. He has written a fascinating and highly readable account of his often hazardous experiences, which included the battle of Vientiane passing through his garden and a grueling month as prisoner of left-wing Pathet Lao guerrillas in remote mountainous jungle inhabited by Stone Age aboriginal people. His story is set against a detailed account of the developing political and military crisis. It reveals the tensions that developed in the US between the newly elected President Kennedy, his Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and their advisors in the State Department, the CIA, and the Pentagon while a regional policy was formulated in the face of the perceived communist threat.

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List of Maps and Illustrations	p. vi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. viii
Note on Orthography and Pronunciation	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiv
Life Before Laos	p. 1
A Short History Lesson	p. 10
Last Days of Peace	p. 29
The Little Captain and the Invisible King	p. 42
The Battle of Vientiane	p. 56
World Crisis	p. 73
The Plain of Jars	p. 87
Stalemate in Vientiane	p. 106
An Involuntary Tour of the South	p. 123
Success at Last	p. 161
Things Fall Apart	p. 182
Dream Turns to Nightmare	p. 199
Ends and Means	p. 226
Index	p. 237
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A Memoir of Civil War in Laos

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