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HISTORY. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic was founded on 2 Dec. 1975. Until that date Laos was a Kingdom, once called Lanxang (the land of a million elephants).
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Deuve, J., Le royaume du Laos 1949–1965. Paris, 1984
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Zasloff, J. J., The Pathet Lao: Leadership and Organization. Lexington, Toronto and London, 1973
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Paxton, J. (1987). Laos. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271166_96
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