A01=Thomas A. Bass
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
American war correspondents
Author_Thomas A. Bass
automatic-update
best nonfiction espionage books
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBLW3
Category=HBW
Category=JBCT
Category=JBCT4
Category=JFD
Category=JWLF
Category=KNTJ
Category=KNTP2
Category=NHWL
Category=NHWR
Category=NHWR9
CIA and Vietnam spies
Cold War espionage
Cold War intelligence history
COP=United States
covert communications
covert operative Vietnam War
deception in wartime
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
double life of a journalist
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=0
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
espionage biography
espionage book recommendations
espionage during Vietnam War
espionage storytelling
famous Cold War agents
famous Cold War spy
history of covert reporting
intelligence in war journalism
journalist turned spy
Language_English
legendary 20th century spy
most decorated Vietnamese spy
North Vietnamese general undercover
North Vietnamese war medals
North vs. South Vietnam spies
PA=Available
press and propaganda Vietnam
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
secret agent in media
softlaunch
spy disguised as journalist
spy in the press corps
spy memoir Vietnam War
spy story with journalist cover
spy tactics and methods
spy techniques invisible ink
Thomas A. Bass
Time magazine correspondent spy
tradecraft in journalism
true story of espionage
undercover North Vietnamese general
Vietnam War biography
Vietnam War intelligence
Vietnam War spy
Vietnam War untold stories
Vietnamese double agent
Vietnamese intelligence history
Vietnamese spy biography
war correspondent and double agent
Product details
- ISBN 9781625343659
- Weight: 475g
- Dimensions: 154 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 16 Nov 2018
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Pham Xuan An was one of the twentieth century's greatest spies. While working as a correspondent for Time during the Vietnam War, he sent intelligence reports - written in invisible ink or hidden inside spring rolls in film canisters - to Ho Chi Minh and his generals in North Vietnam.
Only after Saigon fell in 1975 did An's colleagues learn that the affable raconteur in their midst, acclaimed as ""dean of the Vietnamese press corps,"" was actually a general in the North Vietnamese Army. In recognition of his tradecraft and his ability to spin military losses - such as the Têt Offensive of 1968 - into psychological gains, An was awarded sixteen military medals.
After the book's original publication, WikiLeaks revealed that Thomas A. Bass's account of An's career was distributed to CIA agents as a primer in espionage. Now available in paper with a new preface, An's story remains one of the most gripping to emerge from the era.
Only after Saigon fell in 1975 did An's colleagues learn that the affable raconteur in their midst, acclaimed as ""dean of the Vietnamese press corps,"" was actually a general in the North Vietnamese Army. In recognition of his tradecraft and his ability to spin military losses - such as the Têt Offensive of 1968 - into psychological gains, An was awarded sixteen military medals.
After the book's original publication, WikiLeaks revealed that Thomas A. Bass's account of An's career was distributed to CIA agents as a primer in espionage. Now available in paper with a new preface, An's story remains one of the most gripping to emerge from the era.
Thomas A. Bass is professor of English and journalism at the University at Albany and author of Censorship in Vietnam: Brave New World.
