Helion Asia@War 64: Out-Country War Vol.2 Hanoi's Proxies & Soviet Intervention 1961-63
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| AUTHOR | n/a |
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| LANGUAGE | English |
| BINDING | Softback |
| NO OF PAGES | 86 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS | Photos & Illustrations |
| ISBN | 9781804518649 |
| PRODUCT CODE | 18649AVI |
| PUBLISHER | Helion |
Out-Country War Volume 2 continues the story of the conflict that ultimately decided the fate of South Vietnam beyond its borders. As the crisis in Laos deepened, the struggle escalated from covert manoeuvre into open confrontation. This volume examines how North Vietnam consolidated its position inside Laos, transforming the country into both a battlefield and a strategic rear area vital to the expansion of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It charts the collapse of Laotian government forces, the increasing intervention of North Vietnamese regular units, and the growing alarm in Washington, Bangkok, and other SEATO capitals as the conflict threatened to spill across the Mekong.
The book explores in detail the widening proxy war fought through CIA-backed guerrillas, Hmong forces, and clandestine air operations, alongside the deployment of American, Thai, Australian, British, and French forces to defend Thailand and deter further Communist expansion. It also analyses the political dimension of the conflict, including the Kennedy administration’s reluctant drift toward militarisation, the second Geneva Conference of 1961–62, and the fatal illusion that a neutral Laos could be preserved while war continued on the ground. Drawing extensively on Western, regional, and local sources — many rarely used or previously inaccessible — Out-Country War Volume 2 provides a comprehensive account of the military, air, and political struggle in Laos during its most critical years. Fully illustrated with rare photographs, detailed maps, and specially commissioned colour profiles, this volume reveals how the war beyond Vietnam’s borders intensified — and why the fate of Laos was inseparable from the wider Indochina conflict.
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