Ravens, The: Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
by Christopher Robbins
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671673165
- ISBN 13
- 9780671673161
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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Mass Market Paperback, Near Very Good. Appears as unread read, near unblemished copy in jacket displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown.
During the height of the Vietnam War, when the North Vietnamese were using the Ho Chi Minh Trail trough Laos to infiltrate South Vietnam, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, known as Ravens, and their unarmored prop driven aircraft, their mission fly low and slow over the Ho Chi Minh Trail spot the North Vietnamese and direct American Air strikes against the enemy, at this they were most successful, this is their story. A chronological history of Laos, an extensive notes and bibliography section, a glossary of terminology, and a list of Ravens including those who did not make it home.
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Synopsis
"While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything but uniforms and piloting unarmored, small, prop-driven aircraft, fought a secret war..." in "the other theater - a small nation called Laos, next door to Vietnam, bordered by the Ho Chi Minh Trail..."
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- Eve's Reads (US)
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- Title
- Ravens, The: Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
- Author
- Christopher Robbins
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good Mass Market Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Pocket Book Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671673165
- ISBN 13
- 9780671673161
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- July 1989
- Pages
- 513
- Keywords
- Viet Nam
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