During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale—not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. None of them ever guessed that he was also providing strategic intelligence to Hanoi, smuggling invisible ink messages into the jungle inside egg rolls. His early reports were so accurate that General Giap joked, ""We are now in the U.S. war room.""
In Perfect Spy, Larry Berman, who An considered his official American biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating spies.
By:
Larry Berman Imprint: HarperCollins Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 135mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 262g ISBN:9780060888398 ISBN 10: 0060888393 Pages: 328 Publication Date:04 September 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life Of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine R eporter And Vietnamese Communist Agent
-A remarkable blend of biography, history, and personal experience... Highly recommended.----A.O. Edmonds--Library Journal