Storm Over Laos

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Sisouk na Champassak Prince Sisouk na Champassak ( lo, ເຈົ້າ ສີສຸກ ນະ ຈໍາປາສັກ; 28 March 1928 in Pakse, Champassak, Laos – 10 May 1985 in Santa Ana, California, United States) was the eldest son of Chao Bounsouane na Champ ...

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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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, publisher = Fredrick A. Praeger, Inc. , release_date = 1961 , english_release_date = , media_type = Print ( Hardback and

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) , pages = 202 pp , preceded_by = , followed_by = ''Storm over Laos, a contemporary history'' was written in 1961 by Prince

. It is written in English. It is a book on Laos from 1945 to 1961. It goes into much detail about the Secret War in Laos. It also talks about the rise of the

Pathet Lao The Pathet Lao ( lo, ປະເທດລາວ, translit=Pa thēt Lāo, translation=Lao Nation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century. The gro ...

, from its beginnings as a dusty guerrilla unit. Prince Sisouk not only talks about

but also the surrounding struggles of

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and China. Upon trips to Peking, Prince Sisouk describes his views on the rising totalitarian governments of

' neighbors. Below is an excerpt from Chapter 5, "Journey to Peking" when Prince Sisouk and other

delegates met with Chinese Minister of Defense, Marshal

Peng Dehuai Peng Dehuai (; October 24, 1898November 29, 1974) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, who served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary edu ...

''We were impressed by the strong personality of our host, dubbed "the tiger of Korea" for his military exploits at head of the Chinese "volunteers" in the Land of the Morning Calm. Assuring us that China would never attack Laos, since she only desired to maintain good neighborly relations with all countries of Asia,
Peng Peng may refer to: * Peng (surname) (彭), a Chinese name * Peng (state) (大彭), a state during the late Shang dynasty * Peng (mythology) (鵬), a legendary Chinese creature * ''Peng!'', 1992 album by Stereolab * ''PENG!'', a 2005 comic * P.Eng. ...
declared in his energetic tone, "We are not afraid of the U.S. We beat them in Korea. We do not have atom bombs, but we have great manpower. Even if they were to use their atom bombs in case of war, they could never kill more than 300 of 400 million Chinese. That would still leave 200 million which would easily be enough to be them." These aggressive statements revealed to us the Chinese leaders' profound contempt for human life.''

1961 non-fiction books History books about Laos