Education in the Communist Zone of Laos, December 1971
Education in the Communist Zone of Laos
By Paul F. Langer, the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, December 1971
In the early 1950s, the Lao revolutionary movement – commonly termed the Pathet Lao – established itself with Viet Minh assistance in the eastern border regions of the country. Ever since, the Lao communist leaders have been developing the military, political and administrative instruments for effective control of their sector of Laos, which today comprises two-thirds of the country and one-third of its estimated three million population.
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