Open AccessHMONG. THE SECRET ARMY
Author(s) -
George BIZADEA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... international scientific conference "strategies xxi". romania in the new international security dynamics/proceedings of the ... international scientific conference "strategies xxi". romania and the new dynamics of the international security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2668-5094
pISSN - 2668-3865
DOI - 10.53477/2668-5094-21-25
Subject(s) - communism , agency (philosophy) , political science , vietnamese , vietnam war , state (computer science) , convention , population , cold war , law , economic history , geography , politics , history , sociology , demography , social science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
This article aims to analyze the role of the Hmong population in the Indochina conflict. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower considered Laos a buffer state according to theDominion Theory and as such much more strategically important than Vietnam. To avoid the fall of Laos under communism and thus the spread of communism in the region, Eisenhower turned to the services of the C.I.A., because he could not intervene officially in Laos without violating the Geneva Convention.Keywords: Indochina; Laos; Vietnam; war; United States of America; Hmong, Central Intelligence Agency.