Vang Pao

Vang Pao
𖬖𖬰𖬜 𖬒𖬪𖬵
Vang Pao; 𖬖𖬰𖬜 𖬒𖬪𖬵
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.

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)