Description
| Product ID: | 9780786496235 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Rice Paddy Recon |
| Subtitle: | A Marine Officer's Second Tour in Vietnam, 1968-1970 |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew R. Finlayson |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Asian history, History of the Americas, History, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Asian history, History of the Americas, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Vietnam War, Vietnam, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | A young U.S. Marine officer recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War over a nineteen month period. He graphically describes what it was like to perform three distinct combat missions: long-range ground reconnaissance in the Annamite Mountains of I Corps, infantry operations in the rice paddies and mountains of Quang Nam Province and special police operations for the CIA in Tay Ninh Province. Using Marine Corps official unit histories, CIA documents, and his weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account of combat at the small unit level. Of particular interest is his description of his assignment to the CIA as a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) advisor in Tay Ninh Province, where he participated in several secret missions as part of the controversial Phoenix Program. The name and contribution of the CIA's most valuable spy during the war, the famous "Tay Ninh Source," is revealed. A young U.S. Marine officer recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War over a nineteen month period. He graphically describes what it was like to perform three distinct combat missions: long-range ground reconnaissance in the Annamite Mountains of I Corps, infantry operations in the rice paddies and mountains of Quang Nam Province and special police operations for the CIA in Tay Ninh Province. Using Marine Corps official unit histories, CIA documents, and his weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account of combat at the small unit level. Of particular interest is his description of his assignment to the CIA as a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) advisor in Tay Ninh Province, where he participated in several secret missions as part of the controversial Phoenix Program. The name and contribution of the CIA''s most valuable spy during the war, the famous "Tay Ninh Source," is revealed. |
| Imprint Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-11-11 |