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020 _a9780813135793
020 _z9780813135786 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
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050 0 0 _aE183.8.L3
_bR87 2012
082 0 0 _a327.73059409/045
_223
100 1 _aRust, William J.
245 1 0 _aBefore the quagmire
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAmerican intervention in Laos, 1954-1961 /
_cWilliam J. Rust.
260 _aLexington, Ky. :
_bThe University Press of Kentucky,
_c2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe most difficult post in the entire foreign service -- A frontier country in the Cold War -- Behind the scenes -- Dangerously unstable -- Drawing the line -- Dichotomy -- Normal dishonesty -- Unacceptable developments -- Who the hell is our boy? -- Virtually a traitor -- Epilogue: a legacy of strife and confusion.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y1953-1961.
651 0 _aLaos
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zLaos.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813135793/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c35242
_d35242