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The inside story of one of the CIA's most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict--this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail. --John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the 'new great game' on the roof of the world. --David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947 An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War. --William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia Conboy and Morrison do a wonderful job of weaving an intricate maze of details within the wider perspective of CIA's operations in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Laos, in retelling a story very few know about. --The Tibet Journal This is a work that makes the reader sit up and take notice. In the hands of Conboy and Morrison, the broader story of the U.S.-backed operation that lasted into the 1970s is engaging as well as important. The tale of Tibet still stands as a salutary warning of the dilemmas of secret and not-so-secret wars. --International History Review A superb case study on intelligence that will stand the test of time. --Journal of Military History An important story and one that is well told. --Journal of Asian Studies

"Conboy and Morrison do a wonderful job of weaving an intricate maze of details within the wider perspective of CIA’s operations in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Laos, in retelling a story very few know about.""—The Tibet Journal ""This is a work that makes the reader sit up and take notice. In the hands of Conboy and Morrison, the broader story of the U.S.-backed operation that lasted into the 1970s is engaging as well as important. The tale of Tibet still stands as a salutary warning of the dilemmas of secret and not-so-secret wars.""—International History Review ""A superb case study on intelligence that will stand the test of time.""—Journal of Military History ""An important story and one that is well told.""—Journal of Asian Studies ""The inside story of one of the CIA’s most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict—this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail.""—John Prados, author of Presidents’ Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf ""A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the ‘new great game’ on the roof of the world.""—David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943–1947 ""An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War.""—William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia"

The inside story of one of the CIA's most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict--this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail. --<b>John Prados</b>, author of <i>Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf</i> A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the 'new great game' on the roof of the world. --<b>David F. Rudgers</b>, author of <i>Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947</i> An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War. --<b>William M. Leary</b>, author of <i>Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia</i>

Conboy and Morrison do a wonderful job of weaving an intricate maze of details within the wider perspective of CIA's operations in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Laos, in retelling a story very few know about. --The Tibet Journal This is a work that makes the reader sit up and take notice. In the hands of Conboy and Morrison, the broader story of the U.S.-backed operation that lasted into the 1970s is engaging as well as important. The tale of Tibet still stands as a salutary warning of the dilemmas of secret and not-so-secret wars. --International History Review A superb case study on intelligence that will stand the test of time. --Journal of Military History An important story and one that is well told. --Journal of Asian Studies The inside story of one of the CIA's most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict--this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail. --John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the 'new great game' on the roof of the world. --David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947 An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War. --William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia

-The inside story of one of the CIA's most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict--this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail.---John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf -A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the 'new great game' on the roof of the world.---David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947 -An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War.---William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia The inside story of one of the CIA's most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict--this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail. --John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the 'new great game' on the roof of the world. --David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947 An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War. --William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia

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Kenneth Conboy is a former policy analyst and deputy director at the Asian Studies Center in Washington, D.C., whose other books include Spies and Commandos and Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958. The late James Morrison was a thirty-year Army veteran and the last training officer for the CIA-sponsored Unity project. He coauthored numerous books with Conboy, including Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos.

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