Abstract
The paper deals with analytical reports prepared by the experts of the RAND Corporation on the Secret War in Laos (19601973) between the Royal Laotian Army, tacit living in the United States, and the communist movement Patet Lao, which received assistance from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Initially, it was Laos, not Vietnam that was the strategic and important region of Southeast Asia in the concept of domino theory of the US policy. A vivid example is the study of Laos in the RAND Corporation, which began earlier than the study of Vietnam. Analyst reports were created on the basis of geography, demography, geology, economics, etc. The paper addresses reports on the development of the military-political situation in Laos by the experts of the corporation such as Joel Martin Halpern, Paul Langer and Joseph Zastoff. It is shown that a part of the research was carried out with the aim of developing the theory of counterinsurgency at the request of the Agency for Perspective Research under the Ministry of Defense of the USA for the development of a foreign policy strategy in the countries of the Third world. Special attention is paid to the connection of research on the situation in Laos with the analysis of the prospects of the American policy in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Highlights
The paper deals with analytical reports prepared by the experts of the RAND Corporation
tacit living in the United States
A vivid example is the study of Laos in the RAND Corporation
Summary
В статье разбираются аналитические доклады, подготовленные специалистами корпорации РЭНД и посвященные «тайной войне» в Лаосе (1960–1973 гг.) между Королевской лаосской армией, негласно поддерживавшейся США, и коммунистическим движением Патет Лао, получавшим помощь от Демократической Республики Вьетнам. В статье затрагиваются доклады о развитии военно-политической ситуации в Лаосе таких экспертов корпорации, как Джоэл Мартин Халперн, Пол Лангер и Джозеф Заслофф. Ключевые слова: корпорация РЭНД; США; антиповстанчество; Демократическая Республика Вьетнам; Пол Лангер; Лаос; Д.Ф.
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