Before the quagmire
Subtitle: American intervention in Laos, 1954-1961
By: William J. Rust
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780813135786; 9780813135793
Subjects: Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The most difficult post in the entire foreign service; title: A frontier country in the Cold War; title: Behind the scenes; title: Dangerously unstable; title: Drawing the line; title: Dichotomy; title: Normal dishonesty; title: Unacceptable developments; title: Who the hell is our boy?; title: Virtually a traitor; title: Epilogue: a legacy of strife and confusion.