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Perfect Spy : The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan an, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent by Larry Berman (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060888393
ISBN-139780060888398
eBay Product ID (ePID)63413504
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Book TitlePerfect Spy : The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan an, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Asia / Southeast Asia, Espionage, Intelligence & Espionage, Military / Vietnam War, Asia / India & South Asia
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLarry Berman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A remarkable blend of biography, history, and personal experience... Highly recommended." ---A.O. Edmonds, Berman has done an excellent job… There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder., "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, Berman has done an excellent job. There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder., Larry Berman in his book-insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story-deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life, Larry Berman in his book--insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story--deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life, Praise for LYNDON JOHNSON'S WAR "Highly readable, full of telling quoted from newly opened sources.", Larry Berman in his book—insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story—deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life, Berman has done an excellent job... There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder., "A remarkable blend of biography, history, and personal experience... Highly recommended."---A.O. Edmonds
Dewey Decimal327.12092
SynopsisDuring 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 An considered his official American biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating spies., 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 An considered his official American biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating spies., 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 An considered his official American biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating spies., "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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