Vietnam Declassified

Vietnam Declassified
Author :
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 442
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780813139333
ISBN-13 : 0813139333
Rating : 4/5 (333 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Vietnam Declassified by : Thomas L. Ahern

Download or read book Vietnam Declassified written by Thomas L. Ahern and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


Vietnam Declassified Related Books

Vietnam Declassified
Language: en
Pages: 442
Authors: Thomas L. Ahern
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-18 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This insider’s account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is “a major contribution to scholarship” on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author
Vietnam Declassified
Language: en
Pages: 475
Authors: Thomas L. AhernJr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-18 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Vietnam Declassified
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Thomas Ahern
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-18 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 t
Vietnam Shadows
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Arnold R. Isaacs
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-04-14 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Isaacs talks to the veterans unable to forget the war no one wanted to talk about. He explores the class divisions deepened by a conflict in which the privilege
Republican Empire
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Karl-Friedrich Walling
Categories: Republicanism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The republics of Greece and Rome proved incapable of waging war effectively and remaining free at the same time. The record of modern republics is not much more