Secret Army, Secret War: Washington's Tragic Spy Operation in North Vietnam

by Sedgwick D. Tourison Jr.

Book Overview

An unblinking analysis of a covert operation that involved hundreds of South Vietnamese commandos being sent into the North. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557508186
• ISBN13: 9781557508188
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I'm Very Glad This Book Was Written

Thank you Sedgwick Tourison for shedding light on a group of South Vietnamese patriots I would have never otherwise known about. They truly paid a heavy price for their patriotism. I wish to God that some of their North Vietnamese captors could have been on the receiving end of the Geneva Convention.

What isn't Secret is Confused

Of course there are secret operations; every country and military has them. But guess what, US Military "Secret Operations" in Vietnam is an oxymoron just like the term "Military Intelligence". Screwed up from day one, the various hare-brained schemes of the ninty-day wonders and fast-rising young turks in Saigon swiftly became more and more silly, more compromised, and eventually, worthless. This book is well written, informative and gives those of us who were in Vietnam an insight into one more reason we were not able to win the war. If you have any interest in how military secret operations are done these days, read this book. They may have tried to do a "Operation Double Cross" like the British did so well in 1940, but internecine politics, inter-service rivalry, and just plain pig-headedness got in the way. Buy the book and read it, now! That's An Order, Soldier!

Project alpha

I really enjoyed this book. It was very informative.