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Larry Berman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Davis, and the author of three well-received books on Vietnam, including No Peace, No Honor
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- Geboortedatum
- 1951-04-29
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Opleiding
- Princeton University (PhD|1977)
- Organisaties
- University of California, Davis
Georgia State University
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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham… door Larry Berman
This is a great story about General Pham who is a great soldier. Above all, he is a human-being. Being stuck in the war, brutal, he was still able to live up to the core of humanity. I'm proud of him for that. At the end, while there were winners in the war, there were many lives lost on both sides.
It's always a strange story when a former enemy tries to write about a former enemy. Pham Xuan An was a Communist spy in Saigon during the Vietnam War. However he was also a journalist for Time magazine and he cultivated contacts with both South Vietnamese and Americans.
He also got away with it, he was a very good spy.
The book seeks to answer how he succeeded and for so long. I think it does provide answers to these questions. The author very much liked his subject and that colours the entire book. I'm not sure if it hurts or helps the book. It very much reads not as history but as a tribute to a dear friend, who it just so happens was an enemy spy. The author asks who is the real Pham Xuan An, I'm happy with the answers presented in the book. A much harder question to answer is why so many of those he betrayed are so ready to forgive.… (meer)
He also got away with it, he was a very good spy.
The book seeks to answer how he succeeded and for so long. I think it does provide answers to these questions. The author very much liked his subject and that colours the entire book. I'm not sure if it hurts or helps the book. It very much reads not as history but as a tribute to a dear friend, who it just so happens was an enemy spy. The author asks who is the real Pham Xuan An, I'm happy with the answers presented in the book. A much harder question to answer is why so many of those he betrayed are so ready to forgive.… (meer)
One of the most evil people to ever be associated with the US. Not worth reading about someone who had caused so many Americans to die. An gives plenty of reasons to execute spies on the spot once caught.
A good book showing how South Vietnam was betrayed by the United States. It shows the forces aligned against the Nixon Presidency and how they wanted a quick exit from Vietnam, no matter what it cost South Vietnam. It shows how North Vietnam knew it was negotiating from a position of strength and it shows how close South Vietnam came to saying no to the Peace treaty. A good look behind the scenes at the treaty negotiations and the politics. No Peace, No Honor, sums it up really.
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- 11
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- 371
- Populariteit
- #64,992
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- 3.7
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- 6
- ISBNs
- 46