Format:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780801464041
Series Statement:
The United States in the World
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "A Long Country Inhabited by Lotus Eaters" : Washington Encounters Laos -- 2. "A Soft Buffer" : Laos in the Eisenhower Administration's Grand Strategy -- 3. "Help the Seemingly Unhelpable" : "Little America" and the U.S. Aid Program in Laos -- 4. "Foreigners Who Want to Enslave the Country" : American Neocolonialism, Lao Defiance -- 5. "Doctor Tom" and "Mister Pop" : American Icons in Laos -- 6. "Retarded Children" : Laos in the American Popular Imagination -- 7. "No Place to Fight a War" : Washington Backs Away from Laos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801445477
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780801445477
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
;
Laos
;
Außenpolitik
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Geschichte
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3138329
