Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam

Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam
ISBN-10
0700610022
ISBN-13
9780700610020
Category
History / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War
Pages
347
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Authors
Kenneth J. Conboy, Dale Andrade

Description

"During the Vietnamese war, the United States sought to undermine Hanoi's subversion of the Saigon regime by sending Vietnamese operatives behind enemy line. A secret to most Americans, this covert operation was far from secret in Hanoi; all of the commandos were killed or captured, and many were turned by the Communitsts to report false information. [This book] traces the rise and demise of this secret operation started by the CIA in 1960 and expanded by the Pentagon beginning in 1964". -- Jacket.

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