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1. Introduction

I. The Past

2. The Setting of the Lao Revolutionary Movement

3. The Growth of the Lao Revolutionary Movement and the Vietnamese Role

4. The Drive for Independence: The Viet Minh and the Pathet Lao, 1949-1954

5. North Vietnam and the Lao Communists' Bid for Power, 1954-1962

II. The Present

6. The Context of the Current Struggle

7. North Vietnamese Advice and Support

8. The North Vietnamese Military Adviser in Laos: A First-Hand Account

9. The North Vietnamese Military Presence

10. The Relationship, Public and Secret

11. An Assessment

Appendixes

A: Selective List of Persons Interviewed or Consulted

B: The Lao Communist Movement--A Basic Chronology

C: Partial List of Participants in the First Resistance Congress of Laos (August 13, 1950)

D: North Vietnamese Prisoners and Defectors in Laos Prior to the 1962 Geneva Conference

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Mr. Langer is a member of the Social Science Department of The Rand Corporation where he concentrates on Far Eastern affairs.

Mr. Zasloff is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh where he specializes in Southeast Asian politics.