So Much to Lose: John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

by William J. Rust

Book Overview

Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, was also a critical route for North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam. In So Much to Lose: John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813144760
• ISBN13: 9780813144764
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up