Upon trips to Peking, Prince Sisouk describes his views on the rising totalitarian governments of Laos' neighbors.

Below is an excerpt from Chapter 5, "Journey to Peking" when Prince Sisouk and other Pathet Lao delegates met with Chinese Minister of Defense, Marshal Peng Dehuai.

We were impressed by the strong personality of our host, dubbed "the tiger of Korea" for his military exploits at head of the Chinese "volunteers" in the Land of the Morning Calm.

Assuring us that China would never attack Laos, since she only desired to maintain good neighborly relations with all countries of Asia, Peng declared in his energetic tone, "We are not afraid of the U.S. We beat them in Korea.

Fall criticized the book as "little else but a plea promo domo for the official viewpoint of the Laotian regime of Prince Boun Oum and of pro-American strongman Gen. Phoumi Nosavan".