So Much to Lose: John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which traversed the country, was also a critical route for North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam. In So Much to Lose: John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos, William

Author: William J. Rust
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/17/2014
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.27w x 1.28d
ISBN: 9780813144764

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2014 pg. 699

About the Author

William J. Rust, a former journalist and communications consultant, is the author of Kennedy in Vietnam: American Vietnam Policy, 1960--1963 and Before the Quagmire: American Intervention in Laos, 1954--1961.

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