Secrets And Lies In Vietnam
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Secrets And Lies In Vietnam
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Author : Panagiotis Dimitrakis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-20
Secrets And Lies In Vietnam written by Panagiotis Dimitrakis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with Political Science categories.
The Vietnam War lasted twenty years, and was the USA's greatest military failure. An attempt to stem the spread of Soviet and Chinese influence, the conflict in practice created a chaotic state torn apart by espionage, terrorism and guerilla warfare. American troops quickly became embroiled in jungle warfare and knowledge of the other side's troop movements, communication lines, fighting techniques and strategy became crucial. Panagiotis Dimitrakis uncovers this battle for intelligence and tells the story of the Vietnam War through the newly available British, American and French sources - including declassified material. In doing so he dissects the limitations of the CIA, the NSA, the MI6 and the French intelligence- the SDECE- in gathering actionable intelligence. Dimitrakis also shows how the Vietminh under Ho Chi Minh established their own secret services; how their high grade moles infiltrated the US and French military echelons and the government of South Vietnam, and how Hanoi's intelligence apparatus eventually suffered seriously from 'spies amongst us' paranoia. In doing so he enhances our understanding of the war that came to define its era.
Secrets
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Author : Daniel Ellsberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Secrets written by Daniel Ellsberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Pentagon Papers categories.
Daniel Ellsberg began his career as a U.S. Marine company commander, a Pentagon official, and a staunch supporter of America's battle against Communist expansion. But in October 1969, Ellsberg--fully expecting to spend the rest of his life in prison--set out to turn around American foreign policy by smuggling out of his office the seven-thousand-page top-secret study, known as the Pentagon Papers, of U.S. decision making in Vietnam. Ellsberg tells the full story of how and why he became one of the nation's most impassioned and influential antiwar activists--and how his actions helped alter the course of U.S. history. Covering the decade between his entry into the Pentagon and Nixon's resignation, Secrets is Ellsberg's meticulously detailed insider's account of the secrets and lies that shaped American foreign policy during the Vietnam era. Ellsberg provides a vivid eyewitness account of the two years he spent behind the lines in Vietnam as a State Department observer--an experience that convinced him of the hopelessness of Johnson's policies and profoundly altered his own political thinking. As Ellsberg recounts with drama and insight, the release of the Pentagon Papers, first to The New York Times and The Washington Post, set in motion a train of events that ultimately toppled a president and helped to end an unjust war. Infused with the political passion and turmoil of the Vietnam era, Secrets is at once the memoir of a committed, daring man, an insider's expose of Washington, and a meditation on the meaning of patriotism under a government intoxicated by keeping secrets.
Secrets Of The Vietnam War
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Author : Phillip B. Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 1990
Secrets Of The Vietnam War written by Phillip B. Davidson and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Tell Me Lies About Vietnam
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Author : Alf Louvre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Tell Me Lies About Vietnam written by Alf Louvre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Art categories.
Spies And Commandos
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Author : Kenneth J. Conboy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Spies And Commandos written by Kenneth J. Conboy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. sought to undermine Hanoi's subversion of the Saigon regime by sending Vietnamese operatives behind enemy lines. All the commandos were killed or captured, with many reporting false information. This book traces the rise and demise of this secret operation.
Secrets
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Author : Daniel Ellsberg
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2003-09-30
Secrets written by Daniel Ellsberg and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-30 with History categories.
The true story of the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, the event which inspired Steven Spielberg’s feature film The Post In 1971 former Cold War hard-liner Daniel Ellsberg made history by releasing the Pentagon Papers - a 7,000-page top-secret study of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam - to the New York Times and Washington Post. The document set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War. In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in dramatic detail the two years he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. State Department observer, and how he came to risk his career and freedom to expose the deceptions and delusions that shaped three decades of American foreign policy. The story of one man's exploration of conscience, Secrets is also a portrait of America at a perilous crossroad. "[Ellsberg's] well-told memoir sticks in the mind and will be a powerful testament for future students of a war that the United States should never have fought." -The Washington Post "Ellsberg's deft critique of secrecy in government is an invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation's darkest hours." -Theodore Roszak, San Francisco Chronicle
Vietnam The Secret War
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Author : Kevin M. Generous
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Vietnam The Secret War written by Kevin M. Generous and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Traces the history of the Vietnamese War from its origins to 1975 and discusses the clandestine nature of the conflict
Dirty Little Secrets Of The Vietnam War
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Author : James F. Dunnigan
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-11-04
Dirty Little Secrets Of The Vietnam War written by James F. Dunnigan and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with History categories.
James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi's Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War allows us to see what really happened to American forces in Southeast Asia, separating popular myth from explosive reality in a clear, concise manner. Containing more than two hundred examinations of different aspects of the war, the book questions why the American military ignored the lessons taught by previous encounters with insurgency forces; probes the use of group think and mind control by the North Vietnamese; and explores the role technology played in shaping the way the war was fought. Of course, the book also reveals the "dirty little secrets," the truth behind such aspects of the conflict as the rise of the Montagnard mercenaries--the most feared group of soldiers participating in the secret war in Laos-and the details of the hidden struggle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. With its unique and perceptive examination of the conflict, Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War by James F. Dunnigan & Albert A. Nofi offers a critical addition to the library of Vietnam War history.
Dirty Little Secrets Of The Vietnam War
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Author : James F. Dunnigan
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2000-01
Dirty Little Secrets Of The Vietnam War written by James F. Dunnigan and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01 with History categories.
Details suppressed or long-forgotten facts about the conflict in Vietnam, including a look at the beginnings of the Navy's Top Gun combat school.
A Bright Shining Lie
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Author : Neil Sheehan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-08-03
A Bright Shining Lie written by Neil Sheehan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Superb. If you ever read just one history of the Vietnam war, read and admire and celebrate this one ' John le Carré WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Outspoken, professional and fearless, Lt. Col. John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, full of confidence in America's might and right to prevail. He was soon appalled by the South Vietnamese troops' unwillingness to fight, by their random slaughter of civilians and by the arrogance and corruption of the US military. He flouted his supervisors and leaked his sharply pessimistic - and, as it turned out, accurate - assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Among them was Sheehan, who became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him and followed his tragic and reckless career. Sixteen years in the making, A Bright Shining Lie is an eloquent and disturbing portrait of a man who in many ways personified the US war effort in Vietnam, of a solider cast in the heroic mould, an American Lawrence of Arabia. Blunt, idealistic, patronising to the Vietnamese, Vann was haunted by a shameful secret - the fact that he was the illegitimate son of a 'white trash' prostitute. Gambling away his career, Vann left the army that he loved and returned to Vietnam as a civilian in the pacification programme. He rose to become the first American civilian to wield a general's command in war. When he was killed in 1972, he was mourned at Arlington cemetery by leading political figures of the day. Sheehan recounts his astonishing story in this intimate and intense meditation on a conflict that scarred the conscience of a nation.