Spies and Commandos

How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam

By: Kenneth Conboy, Dale Andrade

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Paperback | 30 March 2000

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Time after time during the Vietnam War, the United States sent Vietnamese spies and commandos behind enemy lines only to have them killed, captured, or compromised into reporting back false information. Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andrade's sobering account of this disastrous secret program -- run first by the CIA and then by the Department of Defense -- reveals a previously hidden side to a frustrating war and reclaims the lost lives of those who were sacrificed for so little gain.

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"A major work that goes beyond what is in any of the other books that touch on these aspects of the Vietnam war--including Sedgwick Tourison's Secret Army, Secret War."--John Prados, author of The Hidden History of the Vietnam War "Spies and Commandos is full of enlightening and fascinating details. Conboy and Andrade deserve praise for their diligent research, cogent analysis, and significant contribution to understanding America's secret war in Vietnam."--H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty "The story Conboy and Andrade tell is fascinating, their research very impressive, and their prose style engaging."--Marilyn Young, author of The Vietnam War, 1945-1990

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Preface	p. vii
Trojan Horses	p. 1
Singletons	p. 16
Airborne Agents	p. 31
Second Wind	p. 43
Vulcan	p. 51
Bang and Burn	p. 57
Nasty Boats	p. 66
Sacred Sword Patriot's League	p. 74
Switchback	p. 81
New Management	p. 90
Sea Commandos	p. 101
Tonkin Gulf	p. 116
Maritime Options	p. 124
Frustration Syndrome	p. 132
Premonitions	p. 146
Suspicious Minds	p. 156
Strata	p. 163
Red Dragon	p. 175
Short-Term Targets	p. 186
Denouement	p. 197
Guerrillas in Their Midst	p. 204
Urgency	p. 215
Closing the Gate	p. 224
Backdoor	p. 237
Exceptions to the Rule	p. 243
The Quiet One	p. 250
Last Missions	p. 260
Defeat	p. 267
Epilogue	p. 276
Notes	p. 281
A Note on Sources	p. 333
Index	p. 337
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