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This thriller, set during the 1968 Tet offensive, takes the reader inside the troubled mind of a CIA operative as he decides whether to follow orders to murder his friend, a French double agent.

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9781574886030

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- A richly textured picture of life in the tortured, battle-torn nation as the war builds up to the Tet offensive of 1968. In addition to examining the pervasive effects of the French/Indo-Chinese culture on Vietnam, Simpson offers a vivid description of unconventional warfare; this isn't a pleasant read, but it is an authoritative, and cautionary, one. - Publishers Weekly - Captures the 'how it wasness' of the war and life in Saigon. - Indochina Chronology - Set in a place and time that Simpson evokes with skill and obvious knowledge. - Kirkus Reviews

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The late HOWARD R. SIMPSON was the author of eight other well-received novels. He also wrote several nonfiction books, including Dien Bien Phu (Brassey's, Inc., 1995).

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