Back fire : (Record no. 28820)
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 95005758 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0684802929 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0684802929 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | a-vt--- |
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| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS559.73.L28 |
| Item number | W37 1995 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 959.70434 War |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 959.70434 War |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Warner, Roger. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Back fire : |
| Remainder of title | the CIA's secret war in Laos and its link to the war in Vietnam |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Roger Warner. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon & Schuster, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c1995. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 414 p. |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | The coup -- The quiet Texan -- The meeting -- Momentum begins -- Shooting at the moon -- Vang Pao's mistake -- The withdrawal -- Udorn and Long Tieng -- Hard rice -- The bureaucracy -- Nation-building -- The wedding -- The trail -- The seesaw war -- The ambassador -- Vietnam -- The high-water mark -- From a country store to a supermarket -- The Taj Mahal -- Commando club -- Branfman and Lawrence -- Ted didn't know shit about tactical warfare -- Sayaboury time -- The opium trade -- My favor -- No commitment -- The invasion -- Cat and mouse -- Peace was at hand -- The second withdrawal -- The fall -- Land of the 847 elephants -- The American aftermath. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The history of America's war in Vietnam has been incomplete. The origins of that conflict -- the most controversial and painful chapter in American history since the Civil War -- were in Laos, a remote, landlocked, mountainous country where the CIA waged a secret war against communism. Drawing on unprecedented access to previously closed files and on extensive interviews, Back Fire fills in the last missing piece in the puzzle of America's tragic involvement in Southeast Asia. Taking us to the heart of the war in Laos -- from CIA headquarters in Washington to the Hmong tribesmen's huts, where ideals were discussed and promises made and then broken -- Roger Warner tells the previously untold story of the secret war through the experiences of the key players. Beyond his narrative of key players and events, Warner shows how the secret war in Laos was connected to the larger war in Vietnam, and how Vietnam was central to the shifting alliances of Cold War geopolitical rivals. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 72855 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Vietnamese Conflict, |
| Geographic subdivision | Laos. |
| Chronological subdivision | 1961-1975 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Vietnamese Conflict, |
| General subdivision | Secret service |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Chronological subdivision | 1961-1975 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Laos |
| General subdivision | Politics and government. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 8.95 | 1 | 959.70434 War | 72855 | 2009-05-30 | 2009-05-28 |