THE RAVENS: The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
by Robbins, Christopher
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- first
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, (1987). First edition. "Their mission [was to] fly low and slow, spot the enemy, and direct the winged artillery of American air strikes from adjacent South Vietnam, Thailand, and U.S. aircraft carriers." Fine copy in dust jacket.
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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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50625
- Title
- THE RAVENS: The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
- Author
- Robbins, Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1987)
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