Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2011
A critical review of four recent works which examine the role of the United States in Southeast Asia; its policies, goals and interrelationships with the several successor states of French Indochina: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
* Wider War: The Struggle for Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos. By Kirk, Donald. New York: Praeger, 1971. x, 305 pp.Google Scholar Illustrations, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. $10.00.
Laos: War and Revolution. Edited by Adams, Nina S. and McCoy, Alfred W.. New York: Harper and Row, 1971. xxiii, 482 pp.Google Scholar Illustrations, Selected Bibliography, Index. $15.00.
Conflict in Laos: The Politics of Neutralization. By Dommen, Arthur J.. New York: Praeger, Revised Edition, 1971. xvi, 454 pp.Google Scholar Tables, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $12.50.
Cambodia: The Widening War in Indochina. Edited by Grant, Jonathan S., Moss, Laurence A. G., and Unger, Jonathan. New York: Washington Square Press, 1971. vii, 355 pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. $1.25 (paperback).Google Scholar