http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/malice-blunderland-j-p-cross-and-royal-lao-army-1972-75 <article data-history-node-id="123207" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/malice-blunderland-j-p-cross-and-royal-lao-army-1972-75" rel="bookmark"><span>“Malice in Blunderland” - J. P. Cross and the Royal Lao Army - 1972-75</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Fri, 07/12/2019 - 7:13am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">There are many reasons (political/diplomatic/financial) why Laos was taken over by the Pathet Lao in 1975. Perhaps the overriding reason was the state of its military. The Royal Lao Army was one of the most ineffective forces of modern times. Despite being funded by a near inexhaustible American bankroll, it was a very poor shadow of its model, the ARVN.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/malice-blunderland-j-p-cross-and-royal-lao-army-1972-75" rel="tag" title="“Malice in Blunderland” - J. P. Cross and the Royal Lao Army - 1972-75" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about “Malice in Blunderland” - J. P. Cross and the Royal Lao Army - 1972-75</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:13:10 +0000 SWJED 123207 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/armed-nation-building-the-wests-unhappy-history <span>Armed Nation Building: The West&#039;s Unhappy History</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Mon, 02/27/2012 - 5:57am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Sergio Miller offers and important and interesting look at armed nation building in Vietnam and Afghanistan; a look that does not leave one with much optimism.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/armed-nation-building-the-wests-unhappy-history" rel="tag" title="Armed Nation Building: The West&#039;s Unhappy History" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Armed Nation Building: The West&#039;s Unhappy History</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/armed-nation-building-the-wests-unhappy-history#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">5 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1292/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1330439930" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:57:55 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12328 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com