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Amerikas geheimer Krieg in Laos – Die größte Militäroperation der CIA (Drehbuch: Marc Eberle/Tom Vater) lief gestern, am 17. Februar um 20.15 auf arte und wird am 23. Februar wiederholt. So schreibt die taz:
Continue ReadingAmerikas geheimer Krieg in Laos – Die größte Militäroperation der CIA (Drehbuch: Marc Eberle/Tom Vater) läuft heute, am 17. Februar um 20.15 auf arte und wird am 23. Februar wiederholt. “Die großen Trümpfe von Eberles spannender, aufwendiger und gut recherchierter Dokumentation sind die schillernden Gesprächspartner vom Söldner oder örtlichem CIA-Chef über kommunistische Kämpfer bis zum […]
Continue ReadingAmerikas geheimer Krieg in Laos – Die größte Militäroperation der CIA (Drehbuch: Marc Eberle/Tom Vater) läuft am 17. Februar um 20.15 auf arte und wird am 23. Februar wiederholt. “Die großen Trümpfe von Eberles spannender, aufwendiger und gut recherchierter Dokumentation sind die schillernden Gesprächspartner vom Söldner oder örtlichem CIA-Chef über kommunistische Kämpfer bis zum laotischen […]
Continue ReadingMarc Eberle’s The Most Secret Place on Earth (The CIA Covert War in Laos), co-written by Tom Vater, has been nominated for the prestigious History Makers Awards. The film has been selected as a nominee in this year’s competition in the Best Use of Archive in a Current Affairs Production category.
Continue ReadingI was saddened to hear that Sousath Phetrasy, the owner of the Mali Guest House in Phonsavan in Northern Laos, died, in his late 50s, on 25. September 2009. A brilliant and troubled man, Phetrasy was an unlikely veteran of the CIA’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s and 70s, the agency’s largest campaign, […]
Continue ReadingMarc Eberle’s The Most Secret Place on Earth (The CIA Covert War in Laos), co-written by Tom Vater, has been reviewed by Tue Steen Müller at Filmkommentaren.dk. … with the subtitle: The CIA´s covert war in Laos… is a brilliant piece of journalistic research combined with a very effective documentary tv language in the best […]
Continue ReadingTrailer The Vietnam War was the most intensely televised war ever. However, next door in neighboring Laos, the longest and largest air war in human history was underway, which eventually made Laos the most bombed country on earth. The Secret War was the largest operation ever conducted by the CIA, yet to this day, hardly […]
Continue ReadingMarc Eberle’s The Most Secret Place on Earth (The CIA Covert War in Laos), co-written by Tom Vater, has been has been reviewed by Andrew Nette at Asia Times Online. Exposing the CIA’s ‘most secret place’ PHNOM PENH – It was known as the “secret war”, a covert operation waged by the US Central Intelligence […]
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