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Can I read The Ravens : the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos on EtoBox?
The Ravens : the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos by Christopher Robbins is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ravens : the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos about?
An heroic and authoritative account of the United States Air Force forward air controllers (FACS) who opted out of the War in Vietnam to pursue a plain clothes, top secret mission in neighbouring, neutral Laos. Call sign ‘Raven,’ the flyers trolled the battlefield in light observation aircraft seeking out Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese Army positions and movements and reported and directed follow-on airstrikes. Christopher Robins, also the author of ‘Air America,’ supports his compelling and at times moving narrative with a wealth of anecdotes from veteran Ravens.
Who reads The Ravens : the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher Robbins
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc.
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780517566121
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Asian History
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (193 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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