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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Lawrencw, Kansas
University Press of Kansas
2000
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Spies and commandos |b how America lost the secret war in North Vietnam |c Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andrade |
| 260 | |a Lawrencw, Kansas |b University Press of Kansas |c 2000 | ||
| 300 | |a x, 347 p. |b ill. |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Modern war studies | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Trojan Horses -- Singletons -- Airborne Agents -- Second Wind -- Vulcan -- Bang and Burn -- Nasty Boats -- Sacred Sword Patriot's League -- Switchback -- New Management -- Sea Commandos -- Tonkin Gulf -- Maritime Options -- Frustration Syndrome -- Premonitions -- Suspicious Minds -- Strata -- Red Dragon -- Short-Term Targets -- Denouement -- Guerrillas in Their Midst -- Urgency -- Closing the Gate -- Backdoor -- Exceptions to the Rule -- The Quiet One -- Last Missions -- Defeat. | |
| 520 | |a "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 | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |x Military intelligence |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |x Commando operations |z Vietnam (Democratic Republic). | |
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