HMONG. THE SECRET ARMY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53477/2668-5094-21-25Keywords:
Indochina; Laos; Vietnam; war; United States of America; Hmong, Central Intelligence Agency.Abstract
This article aims to analyze the role of the Hmong population in the Indochina conflict. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower considered Laos a buffer state according to the Dominion Theory and as such much more strategically important than Vietnam. To avoid the fall of Laos under communism and thus the spread of communism in the region, Eisenhower turned to the services of the C.I.A., because he could not intervene officially in Laos without violating the Geneva Convention.
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Strategies XXI – ACNDC
Bucharest, June 25, 2021
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