Bibliograph

Fly until you die, an oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War, Chia Youyee Vang

Type

Label

Fly until you die, an oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War, Chia Youyee Vang

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fly until you die

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1088407378

Responsibility statement

Chia Youyee Vang

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

an oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War

Summary

The Vietnam War is the subject of hundreds of scholarly studies, policy reports, memoirs, and literary titles. As America's longest and most controversial war, it coincided with domestic turmoil in the United States and in Southeast Asia, led to the displacement of large numbers of people, and strained the social fabric of Cambodian, Lao, and Vietnamese societies. The complex nature of the war means that despite the many books that have been written about it, much remains to unfold, in particular the experiences of ethnic minorities in Laos who became entangled in Cold War politics during the 1960s and 1970s. This text fills the gap by exploring the dramatic forces of history that drew several dozen young Hmong men to become fighter pilots in the United States' Secret War in Laos, which was in direct support of the larger war in Vietnam.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator