Slow burn : the rise and bitter fall of American intelligence in Vietnam (Book, 1990) [WorldCat.org]
skip to content
Slow burn : the rise and bitter fall of American intelligence in Vietnam Preview this item
ClosePreview this item
Checking...

Slow burn : the rise and bitter fall of American intelligence in Vietnam

Author: Orrin DeForest; David Chanoff
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1990.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Vietnam. There was the war we knew, emblazoned across our television screens, ripping through that faraway country, and branding our national conscience as no other war ever had. And there was the silent war, a secret struggle against an invisible enemy, the U.S. military's dire need for intelligence about the Vietcong's elusive presence in the villages and hamlets of South Vietnam. Orrin DeForest was by far the  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

Subjects
More like this

Find a copy in the library

&AllPage.SpinnerRetrieving; Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Genre/Form: Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Personal narratives, American
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
DeForest, Orrin.
Slow burn.
New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1990
(OCoLC)609310820
Named Person: Orrin DeForest; Orrin DeForest
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Orrin DeForest; David Chanoff
ISBN: 0671692585 9780671692582
OCLC Number: 21038344
Description: 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Responsibility: Orrin DeForest and David Chanoff.

Abstract:

Vietnam. There was the war we knew, emblazoned across our television screens, ripping through that faraway country, and branding our national conscience as no other war ever had. And there was the silent war, a secret struggle against an invisible enemy, the U.S. military's dire need for intelligence about the Vietcong's elusive presence in the villages and hamlets of South Vietnam. Orrin DeForest was by far the United States' most successful spymaster in that silent war. He and the men he trained proved indispensable for their work in relentlessly ferreting out the Vietcong and penetrating their shadowy organization.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving DOGObooks reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.