Spies and commandos: how America lost the secret war in North Vietnam

"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 ma...

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Hauptverfasser: Conboy, Kenneth J. 1964- (VerfasserIn), Andradé, Dale (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lawrence Univ. Press of Kansas 2000
Schriftenreihe:Modern war studies
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Zusammenfassung:"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.
Beschreibung:X, 347 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0700610022

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