The Ravens: The Men Who Flew In America's Secret War In Laos by Robbins, Christopher

1987, 1st edition, fine condition, with a fine dust jacket, with a priced unclipped dust jacket flap, published by Crown Publishers, New York, 420 pages. 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. Illustrated with photographs, tipped in is a High School photo of one of the Ravens shown in the photographs, 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. Scarce and more so in this nice condition! .