| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies |
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New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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| Contents |
Foreword : Reflections on History's Largest Air War / Alfred W. McCoy -- Textual Note -- Introduction : Laos and the Advent of Automated War -- Voices from the Plain of Jars -- Epilogue: After the War Ended, 1975-Present -- Appendix 1 : Complete Text and Supporting Documents of USIS Refugee Survey as Obtained by Congressman McCloskey -- Appendix 2 : A Survey of Civilian Casualties among Refugees from the Plain of Jars, Laos / Walter M. Haney |
| Summary |
During the Vietnam War, the United States government waged a massive, secret air war in neighboring Laos. Two million tons of bombs were dropped on one million people. The editor, an educational advisor living in Laos at the time, interviewed over 1,000 Laotian survivors. Shocked by what he heard and saw, he urged them to record their experiences in essays, poems, and pictures. This book was the result of that effort. When first published in 1972, this book was instrumental in exposing the bombing. In this expanded edition, the editor follows the story forward in time, describing the hardships that Laotians faced after the war when they returned to find their farm fields littered with cluster munitions - explosives that continue to maim and kill decades after the war |
| Notes |
Previous edition: New York : Harper & Row, 1972 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Laos -- Jars, Plain of
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HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War.
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Military operations, Aerial -- American
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| SUBJECT |
Jars, Plain of (Laos) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006975
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| Subject |
Laos -- Plain of Jars
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012032677 |
| ISBN |
0299292231 |
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9780299292232 |
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