The secret war against Hanoi
Subtitle: Kennedy's and Johnson's use of spies, saboteurs, and covert warriors in North Vietnam
By: Richard H. Shultz, Jr
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780060194543
Subjects: Politics and government; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamkrieg; Vietnam-oorlog; Spionage; Geheime oorlogvoering; Subversive activities; Military intelligence
Description: "Based on thousands of pages of recently declassified top-secret SOG [Special Operations Group] documents, as well as interviews with sixty officers who ran SOG's covert programs and the senior officials who directed this secret war, including Robert McNamara, Walt Rostow, Richard Helms, William Colby, William Westmoreland, and Victor Krulak". -- Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-398) and index.
Table of contents: title: If they can do it, so can we; title: Standing up MACVSOG; title: Going north; title: Drive them crazy with Psywar; title: From the sea; title: Crossing the fence; title: The great divide; SOG and U.S. military strategy; title: Presidential control of the covert war; Kennedy aggressiveness and Johnson trepidation.