Covert Ops: The CIA's Secret War In Laos
Language: English
Published by St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997
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- Title
- Covert Ops: The CIA's Secret War In Laos
- Author
- James E. Parker Jr.
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Unknown
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312963408
- ISBN 13
- 9780312963408
- Item weight
- 0.48 pounds
Uncommon war. Uncommon bonds.
In 1972, U.S. soldiers battle the North Vietnamese. Behind the headlines, a secret war rages in Laos. Sky, a close knit cadre of daredevil CIA agents, spearheads a daring operation. These gutsy secret agents direct a fearless force of Thai mercenaries and native Hmong tribespeople-- fighting the enemy toe-to-toe.
Now Sky veteran James Parker-- codename "Mule"-- reveals the untold story of the covert war in Laos. Parker takes you inside the often mind-boggling world of extraordinary men living and dying on the edge. Covert Ops captures the brutal training and ferocious land and air battles of Air Force Ravens, Air America, and young Hmong pilots. Above all, this first-person account shows the remarkable bonds formed between American soldiers and a courageous people-- who valiantly fought their fierce enemies to the very end.
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About the Author
In the summer of 1970 he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service and sent to fight the covert war in Laos. After Laos he was assigned to the CIA unit in the delta of South Vietnam. Prior to the April 1975 closing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Parker helped evacuate Vietnamese CIA agents and was one of the last Americans out of Vietnam. He continued as an intelligence officer, working abroad in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Now retired, he lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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