Word: burma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finger of Laos goes, so too goes the rest of the hand: a complete Communist takeover would endanger Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and South Viet Nam, all of which share Laotian borders (see map). With those countries under the Red flag, India would be dangerously outflanked-pinned down to the east, as it is already bedeviled to the north by Red China. Indonesia, already softened by Communist incursions, would be easy plucking. Malaya and Singapore could become steppingstones for further Communist expansion, to the ultimate peril of Australia and New Zealand...
...profitable cold-war theaters: Cuba, the Congo, Berlin. With such a profusion of attractive targets, why had Nikita Khrushchev chosen to push his attack hardest in an obscure piece of Asian jungle? Dangling like a plum from Asia's heartland, Laos borders on four non-Communist nations-Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and South Viet Nam. With the Laotians little interested in defending themselves and the U.S. half a world away, the temptation was irresistible-particularly if it could be had on the cheap. Victory in Laos would help flank South Viet Nam, which is already being subjected to Communist terrorism...
...main hospital building is a substantial stone structure which he helped build with his bare hands to show native laborers that Americans do not consider manual work demeaning. The other buildings are of flimsier native construction. Thanks mainly to a U.S. support group, American Medical Center for Burma, Inc., which raises funds, and to drug manufacturers who donate supplies, Dr. Seagrave is able to practice and supervise good medical care for a population of border tribesmen totaling some 400,000. He fills 250 beds and 50 mats with about 2,500 admissions a year for surgery and an equal number...
...Burma surgeon does all this on less than a shoestring, but then he always...
...Take the Baby." Dr. Seagrave, who no longer visits the U.S., vows to die in Burma. He tires easily; he has heart trouble - despite which he is a chain smoker...