First In, Last Out: An Unconventional British Officer in Indo-China (1945-46 And 1972-76)

By J.P. Cross

This is an account of two episodes in the unconventional career of John Cross, a retired Lt Col of the Brigade of Ghurkas. After the end of World War II he was one of the first in in the counter-insurgency operations against the Vietminh, commanding a battalion of the very Japanese troops he had been sent to disarm. This story provides the backdrop to his return to Indo-China as British Defence Attache to Laos between 1972 and 1976, where he became doyen of the Corps of Attaches, itself a source of intrigue and national rivalry. His mastery of the main languages of the region gave him access to high Laotian political circles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080417876
• ISBN13: 9780080417875
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"