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02244aam a22004938i 4500 001 7DF64F78E91511E691A568C0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 160208s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016005352 020 $a 1451667884 020 $a 9781451667882 020 $a 1451667868 020 $a 9781451667868 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a a-ls--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS557.8.L3 $b K87 2017 082 00 $a 959.704/38 $2 23 100 1 $a Kurlantzick, Joshua, $d 1976- $e author. 245 12 $a A great place to have a war : $b America in Laos and the birth of a military CIA / $c Joshua Kurlantzick. 250 $a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2017. 300 $a 323 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "A Council on Foreign Relations book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index. 505 0 $a Baci -- The CIA's first war -- Vang Pao, Bill Lair, Tony Poe, and Bill Sullivan -- Laos before the CIA, and the CIA before Laos -- The CIA meets Laos -- Operation Momentum begins -- Kennedy expands Momentum -- The not-so-secret secret: keeping a growing operation hidden -- Enter the bombers -- The wider war -- Going for broke -- The victory and the loss -- The secret war becomes public -- Defeat and retreat -- Skyline Ridge -- Final days -- Laos and the CIA: the legacy -- Aftermath. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Laos. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Secret service. 941 $a 12 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014322.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305013240.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529011526.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20181010010740.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006103352.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20180512010126.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20170512010259.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20170404010531.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20170315011246.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170304033133.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20170215010118.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20170202010736.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7DF64F78E91511E691A568C0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search