{"product_id":"before-the-quagmire-american-intervention-in-laos-1954-1961-9780813135786","title":"Before the Quagmire: American Intervention in Laos, 1954-1961","description":"In the decade preceding the first U.S. combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although U.S. foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats posed by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the American engagement in Laos evolved from a small cold war skirmish into a superpower confrontation near the end of President Eisenhower's second term. Ultimately, the American experience in Laos fore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William J. Rust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.42w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813135786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2012 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Rust, \u003c\/b\u003ea former journalist and communications consultant, is the author of \u003ci\u003eKennedy in Vietnam: American Vietnam Policy, 1960--1963.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40177472077939,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_29f2f5a4-a378-451f-a54d-5e8939589920.jpg?v=1655385547","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/before-the-quagmire-american-intervention-in-laos-1954-1961-9780813135786","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}