Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: The Cia's Secret Campaign to Destroy the Viet Cong

Explodes the long standing myths surrounding the CIA's top-secret effort to destroy the Viet Cong by neutralizing its civilian leaders, drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with US, South Vietnamese, and North Vietnamese sources. Dissects various attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes the effectiveness of each, offering a new interpretation of the rise of the Viet Cong and the role the shadow government played in its ascent. Discusses the effects of the program on South Vietnamese villagers, and offers an insider's view of intelligence operations based on officers' and mercenaries' accounts. Controversial work as it refutes the many leftwing narratives commonly accepted as fact regarding the Phoenix Program and attempts to document the history of this counter-guerrilla campaign in a more even-handed and historical framework. Title: Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: The Cia's Secret Campaign to Destroy the Viet Cong Author Name: Moyar, Mark Location Published: Naval Institute Press: 1997 Binding: hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Pages: 416 Categories: Special Forces & Unconventional Warfare, Guerrilla Wars & Resistance Movements, Vietnam War 1960-1975 Seller ID: 1489