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Ravens, The: Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos

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Ravens, The: Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos

by Christopher Robbins

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9780671673161
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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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"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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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
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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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