A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA

Yeah, that place out 'there'. Anything not really Cambodia related should go here.
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as are tens of thousands of other books

Instructions for all;

gen.lib.rus.ec
search for book you want, you can search by author, title or just a name ( i have downloaded lots of books on Burma etc...by just searching for Burma)

Left click the title
left click the book cover on ur left
Left click GET at the top
on the pop up choose what you want to do
i always save to donwload

After u have the book on ur computer

1st download "calibre" https://calibre-ebook.com/download

and than follow to convert it to Mobi to view on tablet/kindle.
makes sure ur tablet has the kindle reader if not get it in goggle play store
Its very simple and easy to use.

Enjoy and never buy a book again..
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:24 pm
Doc67 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:58 am
Ravensnest wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 8:02 am
General Mackevili wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:59 am
Ravensnest wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:55 am is that site a pay service Rich?
It was a torrent site, and you don't pay anything. I deleted the link, but the site is called LibGen.
I'm too fast for you :plus1:
Did you find the link for LibGen to download the book? If so, PM me the link. Cheers...
Can you download Karmageddon's book for free from LibGen?.
I want to have a look but not sure i want to invest 99c.
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(If it's worth it Karma, 'promise to wing you the 99c directly)
It's 100% free. You must have gone to the wrong site, maybe misspelled it?

When you open the downloaded it asks you to register but you don't need to. It's just the first page of each downloaded book.
Still here, in country...
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Works great on my phone just turning the pages by swiping or tapping page edge, and yes, free
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When i come back from being over the moon - i'm off to Laos in my most comfortable armchair.

I just downloaded "A Great Place to Have a War" and "The Ravens"
60 seconds and so easy, even for tech dummy.

Fab! Thanks heaps PR, and FLB.
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very readable
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“As night fell on March 10, 1968, with communist forces clearly drawing near the mountaintop (known in agency parlance as “Lima Site 85”) and bombarding Phou Pha Thi with artillery, the men on Phou Pha Thi warily went to sleep after cabling Udorn Air Base, “See you later . . . I hope.”

No hope.

There is a lot of treachery in this story. From start to finish.
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Yeah, largely from MACV and the white house.
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not available on Library genesis nor as an Ebook, BUT a required read for anyone interested in se Asia drug policy and the CIA involvement read
"The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia" by Alfred McCoy

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I brought a soft cover copy way back in 87
now going for $79 on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060129018/

but his other book;
"The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade"
is available
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556524838/
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I got that about 20 years ago, it inspired me to visit many places in Thailand/ Laos. You can get copies at Bohr's on Sothearous.
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John Bingham wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:43 am I got that about 20 years ago, it inspired me to visit many places in Thailand/ Laos. You can get copies at Bohr's on Sothearous.
Been to Long Tieng yet?

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Not much to see, but nice to say you've been :beer3:
and beautiful country



another group of people the Americans abandoned.

In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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