The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants: U.S. Army Special...

The Green Berets in the Land of a Million ElephantsU.S. Army Special Warfare and the Secret War in Laos 195974\nAuthor(s): Joseph Celeski\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Casemate Publishers, United States\nImprint: Casemate Publishers\nISBN-13: 9781612006659, 978-1612006659\nSynopsis\nThe Secret War in Laos was one of the first Long Wars for special operations, spanning a period of about thirteen years. It was one of the largest CIA-paramilitary operations of the time, kept out of the view of the American public until now. \n\nBetween 1959 and 1974, Green Berets were covertly deployed to Laos to prevent a communist take-over or at least preserve the kingdom's neutrality. Operators dressed in civilian clothes, armed with cover stories and answering only to \""Mister\"", were delivered to the country by Air America, where they answered to the [url] Ambassador. There they were faced with the complexities of the three factions in Laos, as well as operating with limited resources maps of the.