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Vietnam Declassified

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This insider’s account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is “a major contribution to scholarship” on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author of Lost Crusader).
 
Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Retired CIA operative and intelligence consultant Thomas L. Ahern Jr. is the first to comprehensively document the CIA's role in the rural pacification of South Vietnam, drawing from secret archives to which he had unrestricted access.
 
In addition to a chronology of operations, the book explores the assumptions, political values, and cultural outlooks of not only the CIA and other US government agencies, but also of the peasants, Viet Cong, and Saigon government forces competing for their loyalty.
 
“This long-awaited volume, finally cleared for open publication and filled with fascinating detail, insider perspective, and controversial judgments, is a must-read for all students of the Vietnam War.” —Lewis Sorley, author of Westmoreland


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Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

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  • ISBN: 9780813139333
  • Release date: June 29, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780813139333
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  • Release date: June 29, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780813139333
  • File size: 2956 KB
  • Release date: June 29, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780813139333
  • File size: 30210 KB
  • Release date: June 29, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780813173573
  • File size: 30248 KB
  • Release date: June 29, 2012

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This insider’s account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is “a major contribution to scholarship” on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author of Lost Crusader).
 
Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Retired CIA operative and intelligence consultant Thomas L. Ahern Jr. is the first to comprehensively document the CIA's role in the rural pacification of South Vietnam, drawing from secret archives to which he had unrestricted access.
 
In addition to a chronology of operations, the book explores the assumptions, political values, and cultural outlooks of not only the CIA and other US government agencies, but also of the peasants, Viet Cong, and Saigon government forces competing for their loyalty.
 
“This long-awaited volume, finally cleared for open publication and filled with fascinating detail, insider perspective, and controversial judgments, is a must-read for all students of the Vietnam War.” —Lewis Sorley, author of Westmoreland


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    The University Press of Kentucky

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780813139333
    Release date: June 29, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780813139333
    File size: 3123 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2012

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780813139333
    File size: 2956 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2012

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9780813139333
    File size: 30210 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2012

    Open PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9780813173573
    File size: 30248 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2012

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    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
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    Open PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English