Laos: a country study

by Savada, Andrea Matles Whitaker, Donald P.

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Full title :Laos : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Andrea Matles Savada.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O
Place of Publication:Washington, DC
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

Notes

"Research completed July 1994."

Supersedes the 1971 ed. of: Area handbook for Laos, coauthored by Donald P. Whitaker and others.

The Physical Object

Description:xliii, 366 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0844408328, 9780844408323
oclc:ocm32394600
LC Classification:DS555.3
Dewey Decimal:959.404

Early history. Power centers in the Middle Mekong Valley ; Mongol influence ; The founding of Lan Xang ; The division of Lan Xang -- Developments in the nineteenth century. The hold of Siam ; The eviction of Siam ; Laos under the French -- World War II and after. The French protectorate and direct administration ; Nationalist stirrings ; Events in 1945 ; The Lao Issara government ; A confusing situation -- The coming of independence. The kingdom of Laos ; The Pathet Lao -- Toward neutrality: the first coalition. Initial difficulties ; Renewed negotiations ; A fragile unity ; The 1958 elections ; North Vietnamese invasion ; The army enters politics -- The attempt to restore neutrality. A deepening split ; The Battle of Vientiane -- International pressure and the advent of the second coalition. Expansion of Pathet Lao influence ; Protracted diplomacy ; Renewed strains ; The "Secret War" -- The third coalition and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The Vientiane agreement ; The origins of the prisoner of war/missing in action question ; Formation of the third coalition ; The Communist seizure of power ; Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ; "Seminar camps" and th…