Perfect Spy

The Incredible Double Life Of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine R eporter And Vietnamese Communist Agent

By: Larry Berman

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Paperback | 13 May 2008

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"One of the most fascinating figures in Vietnam during the War was Pham Xuan An, a Time correspondent; and, unbeknownst to me and my colleagues who covered the conflict, a clandestine Vietcong agent. Larry Berman has unraveled the mystery of his strange double life in an engrossing narrative." — Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History and winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The extraordinary story of North Vietnam's most successful spy

During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale—not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. None of them ever guessed that he was also providing strategic intelligence to Hanoi, smuggling invisible ink messages into the jungle inside egg rolls. His early reports were so accurate that General Giap joked, "We are now in the U.S. war room."

In Perfect Spy, Larry Berman, who Pham Xuan An considered his official American biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating spies.

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"Larry Berman in his book--insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story--deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life" -- -Bernard Kalb

"Berman has done an excellent job... There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder." -- Dan Southerland, former correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Saigon

"Berman has unraveled the mystery of his strange double life in an engrossing narrative." -- Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History and winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in history

Praise for NO PEACE NO HONOR "A marvelous piece of work." -- Daniel Ellsberg

Praise for NO PEACE NO HONOR "Carefully researched, authoritative, and highly readable." -- Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History

Praise for LYNDON JOHNSON'S WAR "A masterful job." -- Marvin Kalb

Praise for LYNDON JOHNSON'S WAR "Highly readable, full of telling quoted from newly opened sources." -- Walter Lafeber

Praise for LYNDON JOHNSON'S WAR "Berman has delivered the coup de grace." -- Townsend Hoopes

"A remarkable blend of biography, history, and personal experience... Highly recommended." ---A.O. Edmonds -- Library Journal

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Prologue: "I Can Die Happy Now"	p. 1
Hoa Binh: Spy and Friend	p. 21
The Apprenticeship of a Spy	p. 51
California Dreaming	p. 83
The Emergence of a Dual Life	p. 115
From Time to Tet	p. 155
The Blurring of Roles: April 1975	p. 191
In His Father's Shadow	p. 229
Epilogue: An Extraordinary Double Life	p. 267
Acknowledgments	p. 283
Note on Sources	p. 289
Notes	p. 291
Index	p. 321
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