Reviews
"... a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States... compassionate, richly detailed..." -San Francisco Chronicle, ... a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States... compassionate, richly detailed..., "... a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States... compassionate, richly detailed..." -- San Francisco Chronicle, ". . . absolutely gripping, haunting, compelling . . ."-- Journal of American History ". . . a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States . . . compassionate, richly detailed . . ."-- San Francisco Chronicle ". . . compelling . . . an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong."--C. Dennison Lane, The Wall Street Journal "In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975. . . . Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong."-- Publishers Weekly, In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975. . . . Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong., "In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975. . . . Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong." Publishers Weekly " . . . compelling . . . an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong." The Wall Street Journal " . . . a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States . . . compassionate, richly detailed . . ." San Francisco Chronicle " . . . absolutely gripping, haunting, compelling . . ." Journal of American History, "... compelling... an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong." -C. Dennison Lane, The Wall Street Journal, . . . a terrible, heartrending story of the savage and relentless Communist retributions against the Hmong for siding with the United States . . . compassionate, richly detailed . . ., In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975.... Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong., . . . compelling . . . an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong., "... compelling... an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong." -- C. Dennison Lane, The Wall Street Journal, "In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975.... Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong." -- Publishers Weekly, "In this bitter, tragic and disturbing saga, Asian scholar/journalist/photographer Hamilton-Merritt documents the horrible suffering endured by the Hmong since they were abandoned by the U.S. in 1975.... Hamilton-Merritt's impressive study, one hopes, will lead to the belated U.S. recognition of responsibility for the plight of the Hmong." -Publishers Weekly, ... compelling... an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong.--C. Dennison Lane "The Wall Street Journal ", ... compelling... an absorbing book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the 'secret' war in Laos and in the Hmong.