Vang Pao
| Vang Pao 𖬖𖬰𖬜 𖬒𖬪𖬵 | |
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| Lahir | 8 Desember 1929 Xiangkhouang, Indochina Prancis |
| Meninggal | 6 Januari 2011 (umur 81) Clovis, California, Amerika Serikat |
| Pengabdian |  Indochina Prancis Kerajaan Laos Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Kerajaan Laos |
| Lama dinas | 1940–1975 |
| Pangkat | Mayor jenderal |
| Komandan | GCMA Laos "Tentara Rahasia" |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Tiongkok-Jepang Kedua Perang Indochina Pertama Perang Saudara Laos Perang Indochina Kedua |
Vang Pao (Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄒𞄤𞄲𞄚𞄨𞄳, Pahawh: 𖬖𖬰𖬜 𖬒𖬪𖬵 [vâ pɔ̌], Laos: ວັງປາວ; 8 Desember 1929 – 6 Januari 2011)[1] adalah seorang mayor jenderal dalam Angkatan Darat Kerajaan Laos.[2] Ia adalah pemimpin Hmong Amerika di Amerika Serikat.
Referensi
- ^ Stephen Magagnini. "Legendary Hmong Gen. Vang Pao led his people in war, peace". Sacramento Bee.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (8 January 2011). "Vang Pao, Laotian General Who Aided U.S., Dies at 81". The New York Times.
Walter J. Boyne (2002). Air Warfare: A-L. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 669. ISBN 978-1-57607-345-2.
Gary Yia Lee; Nicholas Tapp (16 September 2010). Culture and Customs of the Hmong. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 26. ISBN 978-0-313-34527-2.
Timothy Castle; Timothy Neil Castle (1 March 1995). At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: United States Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955–75. Columbia University Press. hlm. 184. ISBN 978-0-231-07977-8.
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen (15 July 2012). Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam. Univ of North Carolina Press. hlm. 110. ISBN 978-0-8078-8269-6.
Spencer C. Tucker (20 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 1227. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0.
Jonathan H. X. Lee; Kathleen M. Nadeau (2011). Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 435. ISBN 978-0-313-35066-5.
Bacaan tambahan
- Robert Curry (2004). Whispering Death, "Tuag Nco Ntsoov": ... Our Journey with the Hmong in the Secret War for Laos; ISBN 0-595-31809-6
- General Vang Pao's Last War New York Times Magazine, 11 May 2008
- Jane Hamilton-Merritt (1993 - Indiana University Press ). Tragic Mountains; ISBN 0-253-20756-8
- Dictionary of the modern politics of South-East Asia, Michael Leifer (2001) Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-415-23875-7, p. 287 (profile of Vang Pao)
Pranala luar
Wikinews memiliki berita tentang:
- "Laos Hmong Refugee Crisis", Center for Public Policy Analysis, Washington, D.C.
- Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Washington, D.C. Diarsipkan 2013-10-20 di Wayback Machine.
- "Welcome to the Jungle: Recruited by the CIA to be a Secret Army During the Vietnam War, the Hmong Rebels of Laos Fought Communism. Now they Desperately Battle for their Own Survival" Diarsipkan 2005-01-13 di Wayback Machine., Time Magazine, 5 May 2003.
- "Vang Pao Met with Senior State Department Official", by Sing Bourommavong, Voice of America news, 28 January 2004.
- "Hmong Hero Faces Trial in California (audio) Diarsipkan 2012-02-05 di Wayback Machine.", The World, 14 June 2007.
- "Against All Odds: The Laotian Freedom Fighters" Diarsipkan 2007-07-15 di Wayback Machine., by General Vang Pao, The Heritage Foundation Lecture #96, 19 March 1987.
- "Acts of Betrayal: Persecution of Hmong" di Wayback Machine (diarsipkan tanggal July 5, 2007), by Michael Johns, National Review, 23 October 1995.
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