A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312929196 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Reprint.. An account of the wartime murder of a suspected North Vietnamese double agent describes how higher-ups, including the CIA, gave three Green Berets the go-ahead to assassinate a suspected spy
From one who was there - an excellent accounting of this VN War scandle Strawboss The author did a superb job focusing on these events and the primary players. Wish however he'd included more about General Abrams' other crusades to destroy US Army Special Forces (SF). Too, aside from the reasons given for President Nixon having charges dropped against our commander, Colonel Rheault, there was an additional undertaking within SF to influence Nixon to make such a decision. Never did get any feedback as to whether or not word of our raid planning reached t. Almost a masterpiece A MURDER IN WARTIME is one of the best books to have emerged from the Vietnam debacle. Jeff Stein deserves full credit for the extensive research he did, and for tying together such a complicated story in such a readable way. All sides are fairly represented, and that indeed is something rare in a book about the Vietnam War.The only problem I have with the book is that it sometimes has a bigger-than-life quality that makes one wonder if the author was willing to stretch th. Well-balanced encapsulation of the Vietnam War Jeff Stein's "A Murder in Wartime" bravely tackles all of the moral issues of wartime in general and the moral ambiguities attached to the Vietnam War, in particular. In 1969 eight Green Berets were accused of murdering a Vietnamese who may or may not have been a spy for North Vietnam. The case called into question the morality of waging a guerilla war, the role of the regular U.S. Army in such a context, the control of the CIA, and the politics of waging an unpopular war.
In this skillfully told, engrossing narrative, Stein ( The Vietnam Fact Book ) presents all sides of this controversial case, a veritable metaphor for the ambiguities of the Vietnam War. Creighton Abrams, commander of U.S. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Gen. forces in Vietnam, didn't see it that way; neither did Army Secretary Stanley Resor. The admitted triggerman, Capt. In the end the Army dropped the charges, but the "Green Beret case" nevertheless had a significant effect on the conduct of the war: it provoked Daniel Ellsberg to leak the Pentagon Papers. . A dogged investigation by two Army detectives led to their arrest, followed by a hearing to determine whether they would face court-martial. When the case became a cause celebre in the States, however, most Americans viewed the arrests as evidence of the high-level politic