David Grant Noble

Saigon to Pleiku

A Counterintelligence Agent in Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1962¿1963

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Produktbeschreibung

Stationed at the US Army's counterintelligence headquarters in Saigon, David Noble was sent north to launch the first covert intelligence-gathering operation in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Part memoir, part photojournal, his compelling narrative throws light on a little-known corner of the Vietnam War in its early years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683737
• ISBN-10: 1476683735
• Artikelnr.: 61322793

Autorenporträt

David Grant Noble is a writer and photographer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part
Memory
Becoming an Intelligence Agent
Honolulu and the Waikikian
Arrival in Vietnam
The Continental Palace
Reporting for Duty
The Case of the Purloined Penicillin
Saigon
Major Kumar
Central Registry
Rest and Relaxation in Hong Kong
Part
Assignment Pleiku
Intelligence Work in the Highlands
Dope, Drink and Sex
The Montagnards
Pleiku's Missionaries
Travels Beyond Pleiku
A Week in Saigon
Life in Pleiku
Plei Mrong Is Dedicated
Plei Mrong Is Attacked
Bangkok
Ban Me Thuot
Final Months in Pleiku
Part
The War at Home
Epilogue
Author's Service History
Index