The Ravens The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos by Christopher Robbins ISBN 13: 9780517566121

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. First Edition (Stated) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the forward air controllers who flew L-19s in the secret war in Laos. 420 pages. Includes dust jacket. About middle third of pages wavy at bottom margin from being set down on a wet space. Text block is not affected and no pages are stuck.

Crown, 1987-10-14. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1987. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square tight solid carefully read copy. This copy has some light soil to the edges of the text block, a smallish see thru type stain to the top edge of the text block. The priced jacket has some lightish rubbing wear else fine. The story of the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. I am probably wrong but I think that the Mel Gibson movie "Air America" was at least partially based on this book. A very nice copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY..

New York:: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is only lightly rubbed. No chips. No tears. No creases. NOT price clipped (19.95). NOT a Book Club edition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos. Endpaper maps of the Laos theater of operations, 1966-73. Bound in the original rose boards with a black cloth spine, lettered in silver. Sharp corners. Chronology. Chapter notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page.. First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. xi, 420pp..

Crown, 1987., 1987. 1st ed. First Edition. 420p. Photos. Jacket Priced. Fine/Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Crown, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in Fine dust jacket. First printing of stated first edition with full number line. Pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked; light wear to dust jacket. 420 pages with Chronology, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Ilustrated in three sectioins of B/W photographic plates, map endpapers. Drawing on materials that were, until recently, classified, this account depicts the intense air war fought over Laos and profiles the "Ravens," the pilots who risked their lives in this little-known field of war.

NY: Crown, 1987. (1st edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE / Near Fine. As new except for slight softening to top of spine (book and jacket) and two small dents in top edge, 1 folded page corner. "While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything but uniforms and piloting unarmored, small, prop-driven aircraft, fought a secret war..." in "the other theater - a small nation called Laos, next door to Vietnam, bordered by the Ho Chi Minh Trail..." 420 indexed, annotated pages, illustrated with photo sections and map endpapers, and containing Glossary and Bibliography. ISBN: 0517566125.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Overall a clean tight copy.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xi, [1], 420 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Chronology. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Some wear to DJ edges. Christopher Robbins (19 November 1946 - 24 December 2012) was a British writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1978 bestseller Air America, a non-fiction book which was made into a film in 1990. It is about the secret airline run by the CIA for covert operations during the Vietnam War. He later specialized in investigative work—especially about the CIA—writing pieces for the Observer Magazine. During the 1970s, prior to the publication of his bestseller, Robbins was just a freelance journalist. In 2008, In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared won the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. Another book of his, The Empress of Ireland won the Saga Award for wit. Robbins has compiled a remarkably detailed and gripping log on the US Air Force pilots who flew in defense of… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Slight shelf wear to bottom of boards, and DJ shows evidence of minor rubbing. Overall a clean tight copy.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Slight shelf wear to bottom of boards, and DJ shows evidence of minor rubbing. Overall a clean tight copy. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Slight shelf wear to bottom of boards, and DJ shows evidence of minor rubbing. Overall a clean tight copy.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Crown, 1987-10-14. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

Crown, 1987-10-14. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York:: Crown,, 1987.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The Ravens were American forward air-controllers who directed strikes from vulnerable, low-flying spotter planes, mainly in support of a Meo general named Vang Pao in Laos. "Advised" by the CIA, this fierce warlord fought to keep the North Vietnamese out of the strategic Plain of Jars. Robbins (Air America) conveys the unique flavor of Raven-style combat and also explains how the diplomatic-military dynamics of the clandestine war in Laos fit into the overall American effort in Southeast Asia. The cast of characters is memorable: a swaggering, rowdy bunch of mavericks whom their parent service (the U.S. Air Force) had great difficulty controlling, they seemed to get by on sheer cussedness. According to the author, they suffered the highest casualty rate of the Indochinese War. Robbins describes the poignant plight of displaced Meo/Hmong tribespeople who have settled uneasily in the United Statesincluding… Read More

C2b: Crown. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York. 1987. 420 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the numerous Ravens to Air America USAF liasion officer Col Martin Kaufman on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in half cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Officially the war in Laos did not exist - both North Vietnam and the USA denied they had troops there. In fact, thousands of North Vietnamese were invading the country and pouring down the Ho Chi Minh Trail on their way to the south, and the Americans were fighting a vigorous war against them from the air. The Ravens were the pilots, all volunteers, who flew through heavy… Read More