SIGNED Wilfred Burchett Second Indochina War, Cambodia and Laos Today HCDJ

by Wilfred Burchett

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SIGNED Wilfred Burchett Second Indochina War, Cambodia and Laos Today Published by Lorrimer Publishing London 1970 Is anybody sure what that flotilla of South Vietnamese gunboats is doing up the Mekong River in Cambodia?' the Washington Post asked editorially on May 13th 1970. After examining the official pretexts offered, the paper added: Where there are gunboats, can some kind of gunboat diplomacy be far behind?' The purpose of this book is to show that what is happening in Cambodia and Laos today has nothing to do with Sihanouk Trails' or Ho Chi Minh Trails', but represents a logical extension of policies followed by the U.S.A. in the arca from 1954 onwards- - policies deliberately planned in the name of 'filling the power vacuum' created by the collapse of French colonialism in Indochina. Wilfred Burchett's lucid account of the current situation and its historical background is solidly based on first hand experience of the area over the past fifteen years. Frankly hostile to official U.S. policy, it provides a refreshingly humanitarian approach to a subject which has become almost totally obscured by ideological interests. Before posting, I will place the dustjacket in archival quality removable plastic, enhancing the look and feel of the book while protecting the jacket.

• Year: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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