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01783aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 1A3E7846550D11E9884C074097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190402010148 008 180310t20192019pauaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1612006655 020 $a 9781612006659 035 $a (OCoLC)1028210253 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ILPML $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a DS558.6 L3 C454 2019 100 1 $a Celeski, Joseph D. 245 14 $a The Green Berets in the land of a million elephants : $b U.S. Army special warfare and the secret war in Laos 1959-74 / $c Joseph D. Celeski. 264 1 $a Havertown, PA : $b Casemate Publishers, $c 2019. 300 $a xiv, 346 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a From 1959 to 1974, the Army Special Forces of the United States served the ambassadors to Laos in the prosecution of the "secret war" that aimed to prevent the spread of communism, support the Royal Lao Government, and additionally deter NVA incursion into Laos. - book jacket 500 $a Includes index and selected bibliography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Special Forces $b Special Forces $x History $y 20th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Special Forces. $b Special Forces. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00535878 611 27 $a Vietnam War (1961-1975) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01431664 651 0 $a Laos $x Politics and government. 650 0 $a Hmong (Asian people) $z Laos. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $z Laos. 941 $a 2 952 $l TVPD862 $d 20190830160104.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605011322.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1A3E7846550D11E9884C074097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search