Air America (book)
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''Air America'' is a 1978 non-fiction book by journalist
Christopher Robbins Christopher Robbins (19 November 1946 – 24 December 2012) was a British writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1978 bestseller '' Air America'', a non-fiction book which was made into a film in 1990. It is about the secret air ...
. The book is a history of Air America, an airline covertly owned by the
United States Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
from 1950 to 1976.


Background

From the 1950s to the early 1970s, Indochina had been the landscape of major drug and military operations, conducted by many actors including European and communist countries. When US military involvement started, costs rose and new resources, especially for covert operations, were needed.


Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Air America's pilots flew dangerous missions, those no one else would fly, frequently under enemy fire. Many missions were in fact aid-oriented missions to provide logistical support and food to allies who were fighting the war along with the South Vietnamese and the US. Most of the time, pilots did not know what they were delivering, just when and where, no matter what the weather was like, or whether it was day or night.{{Cite web, title = CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974 — Central Intelligence Agency, url = https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art7.html, website = www.cia.gov, accessdate = 2015-10-01, archive-date = 2020-11-05, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201105025702/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art7.html, url-status = dead


References

1978 non-fiction books Non-fiction books adapted into films G. P. Putnam's Sons books