“A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA” (Simon & Schuster), by Joshua Kurlantzick Even with the hindsight of history, it’s mystifying that 56 years ago when John ...

From 1959 to 1975, Laos became the site for one of the least known, yet most devastating, conflicts of the 20th century.

Far from tourist trails and modern highways in Laos lies a forgotten piece of Cold War history. A cracked airstrip cuts through the green hills of Long Tieng, a village that, five decades ago, was ...

Staff Sgt. Steven Saunders carries the possible remains of American Vietnam War dead recovered from Laos at Hickam Airfield on Friday. U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mitchell Hartman, an explosive ...

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their escape, it ...