Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2004, i a ia e mahi ana i te Ford Foundation, ka whakatata atu a Khamvongsa ki a John Cavanagh, te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere o te Institute for Policy Studies me te kaitautoko o te Ford Foundation. I whakamōhio atu a Cavanagh ki a Khamvongsa mo te
Secret War, ā, i hoatu ki a ia he kohinga pikitia i hangaia e ngā tāngata i ora i ngā whakaeke i Laos. Na enei whakairoiro i whakaawe a Khamvongsa ki te whakatu i nga Legacies of War.