Decent Interval
Subtitle: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the Cia's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam
Edition: 25 Anv Sub edition
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9780700612130
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Asian history: Vietnam War; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; Military History - Vietnam Conflict; U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; History; History - General History; United States; History: World; USA; Vietnam; Political Process - Leadership; Asia - Southeast Asia; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military - Vietnam War; United States - 20th Century; Central Intelligence Agency; Secret Service
Description: "Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA's role in and final departure from that conflict. The book was written at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who had believed in the CIA's cause but was disillusioned by the agency's treacherous withdrawal, leaving thousands of Vietnamese allies to the mercy of an angry enemy. It remains today a riveting and powerful testament to one of the darkest episodes in American history."--Jacket.