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The Vietnam War from the rear echelon : an intelligence officer's memoir, 1972-1973 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lomperis, Timothy J., 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2011.
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Lomperis, Timothy J., > 1947-
United States. > Military Assistance Command, Vietnam > History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Military intelligence > United States.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Peace.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : "What did you do in the war, Daddy?"
  • Prelude to the war's end : the years 1972-1973
  • Nixon's "secret" plan and how I got to Vietnam
  • My arrival in-country
  • How the war was run : the Easter invasion
  • Life in Saigon and a trip to Tuy Hoa
  • Peace talks, Christmas bombing : and an Indian interlude
  • I spy 1 : my time as an intelligence liaison officer
  • I spy 2 : the order-of-battle conference
  • Civilian life : the Kieu and Tay Ninh
  • The unraveling : an overblown medal
  • Conclusion : going native and going home
  • Epilogue : secret mission revealed : and its liberation.