Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992

Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992
Jane Hamilton-Merritt
HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 608 PAGES

A portrait of the Hmong, their role in America's clandestine war in Laos during the Vietnam era and their persecution and plight in Laos since being abandoned by America in 1975. The author, a reporter during the Vietnam War, has worked for decades on behalf of the Laotian mountain people.  (LAO12, $27.95)





 
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