Jacobs, Seth, 1964-

The universe unraveling American foreign policy in Cold War Laos / Seth Jacobs. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (x, 312 pages) - The United States in the world .

Includes bibliographies and index.

A long country inhabited by lotus eaters : Washington encounters Laos -- A soft buffer : Laos in the Eisenhower administration's grand strategy -- Help the seemingly unhelpable : Little America and the U.S. aid program in Laos -- Foreigners who want to enslave the country : American neocolonialism, Lao defiance -- Doctor Tom and Mister Pop : American icons in Laos -- Retarded children : Laos in the American popular imagination -- No place to fight a war : Washington backs away from Laos.



9780801464041




International relations.


Electronic Books.

E183 / .U558 2012