From 1959 to 1974, the Army Special Forces of the United States served the ambassadors to Laos in the prosecution of the "secret war" that aimed to prevent the spread of communism, support the Royal Lao Government, and additionally deter NVA incursion into Laos. - book jacket

Includes index and selected bibliography.

Introduction : Army Special Warfare and the War in Laos -- Part I. Background. Chapter 1. Fighting in the Land of a Million Elephants -- Part II. American Military Assistance. Chapter 2. Hotfoot : Army Special Forces Deploy to Laos -- Chapter 3. Hotfoot to White Star : Rotation IV and the Transition to Combat -- Part III. Operation White Star: Green Berets at War. Chapter 4. Operation Momentum : White Star Begins Unconventional Warfare -- Chapter 5. White Star Rotation V : The Ineffective Ceasefire -- Chapter 6. White Star Rotation VI : "Fighting While Talking" : Expansion of Combat Missions -- Chapter 7. Operation Pincushion : The Kha Tribal Guerrilla Program -- Chapter 8. The Thakhek, Se Bang Fai River, and Mahaxay Campaign : Operations in the MR-III Panhandle -- Chapter 9. White Star Foreign Internal Defense (FID) Activities : Schools, Academies, and Proficiency Courses -- Chapter 10. 1962 : White Star Rotations VI & VII and the SOF Withdrawal from Laos -- Part IV. U.S. Army Special Forces in Laos 1966-1974 -- Chapter 11. Special Forces in Laos 1964-1974 : Project 404 -- Chapter 12. Special Forces in Laos 1966-1974 : The Enabler: The 46th Special Forces Company (Independent) -- Epilogue : Legacy and Lessons Learned.