Decent Interval An Insider Account of Saigon Indecent End Told by the CIA Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam edition by Frank Snepp Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA's role in and final departure from that conflict. Still the most detailed and respected account of America's final days in Vietnam, the book was written at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who believed in the CIA's cause but was disillusioned by the agency's treacherous withdrawal, leaving thousands of Vietnamese allies to the mercy of an angry enemy. A quartercentury later, it remains a riveting and powerful testament to one of the darkest episodes in American history.
Decent Interval An Insider Account of Saigon Indecent End Told by the CIA Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam edition by Frank Snepp Politics Social Sciences eBooks
As a Vietnam Veteran and member of the intel community with the Air Force for four years, and later in the Army another 8, I discovered this book quite by accident and damn glad I did. I flew on intel combat sorties out of Tan Son Nhut Air Base on the north side of Saigon. I was in Saigon for 20 months and had a lot of familiarity with the city. I later went back to Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City to many other's and my chagrin) and lived there for six years. However, the narrative in Decent Interval is compelling. The bravery of so many who tried to help local Vietnamese who faithfully served the Americans in Vietnam, and their ultimate betrayal at not being helped to escape is offset by the typical deceit of the Communist North Vietnamese, aided by the Machiavellian machinations of another betrayer, Henry Kissinger, the cowardice of American presidents in not keeping to the word of the US to help if the going got tough, and the ultimate betrayal and ultimate cowardice of the American public who simply washed their hands of Southeast Asia, Vietnam in particular.Snepp's 580 page hardback was a compelling read. Since I tried to get back to Saigon in mid-April 1975 to help family get out, I was stymied by the system and by the airlines in trying to get a ticket to Saigon during the last couple of fateful weeks. So reading Snepp's book gave me a deep insight into the ultimate chaos that ensued and the actors behind the stonewalling of the evacuation.
If you want an in-depth chronicle of the final couple of months of the Republic of Vietnam as told by the most credible source I have come across, then I highly recommend "Decent Interval." If you want a one-sided story of those who try to cover their asses during that period, then look to the PBS American Experience video that won't reveal the whole truth of what happened.
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Decent Interval An Insider Account of Saigon Indecent End Told by the CIA Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam edition by Frank Snepp Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
I was there, Get back ground on how our leadership failed our allies.
Historical perspective
Having been in the area those final days, it was especially difficult to make it through this book, reliving the pain, horror and frustration but knowing now it was the right decision to leave.
Yes this is a great book. Just difficult to realize what a botched job leaving Vietnam was.
This is an excellent factual account of the fall of Vietnam which occurred in 1975. The source is impeccable---Frank Snepp was the chief strategic analyst for the CIA during the last 3 years of the war. He had previously served in Vietnam for 2 years also with the CIA. I served in Vietnam in the Army during 1971 and 1972 and can corroborate many of the events described.
I also share the author's perspective on the factors that led to the downfall of South Vietnam and the conclusion that it was a question of when, not if. The war was, in essence, unwinnable in the manner that the United States was waging it. This book also brings to light the disgraceful manner in which we conducted our exit and the unconscionable way in which we abandoned the loyal Vietnamese who had served us so well.
It is a remarkable book which I highly recommend to all. In my opinion, it is an objective account of that period written from a unique perspective. It is must reading for anyone who wants to learn the truth of the last years of that war, how and why it ended in defeat, and our disgraceful departure.
Almost 40 years later this book is still riveting. The story is as informatice as Karnows book on Vietnam. The author sacrificed his CIA career by exposing how our government (like them or not) left behind people who helped us immensely . CIA agents stole money and ran like thieves in the night whilst the NVA was approaching. The documents and people left behind caused the deaths of a lot of people. The author himself was faced with personal tragedy days before the fall of Siagon. Mr Snepp is a credit to the people he served, the citizens of the United States of America.
As someone who was in Thailand supporting Scoot-CE through Frequent Wind this is the best account I have read. Snepp had the guts to write the story and the Company took him to the Supreme Court. Confirms we turned our backs on many who helped us. Extraordinary courage by a few good men. No comments on some of the others.
As a Vietnam Veteran and member of the intel community with the Air Force for four years, and later in the Army another 8, I discovered this book quite by accident and damn glad I did. I flew on intel combat sorties out of Tan Son Nhut Air Base on the north side of Saigon. I was in Saigon for 20 months and had a lot of familiarity with the city. I later went back to Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City to many other's and my chagrin) and lived there for six years. However, the narrative in Decent Interval is compelling. The bravery of so many who tried to help local Vietnamese who faithfully served the Americans in Vietnam, and their ultimate betrayal at not being helped to escape is offset by the typical deceit of the Communist North Vietnamese, aided by the Machiavellian machinations of another betrayer, Henry Kissinger, the cowardice of American presidents in not keeping to the word of the US to help if the going got tough, and the ultimate betrayal and ultimate cowardice of the American public who simply washed their hands of Southeast Asia, Vietnam in particular.
Snepp's 580 page hardback was a compelling read. Since I tried to get back to Saigon in mid-April 1975 to help family get out, I was stymied by the system and by the airlines in trying to get a ticket to Saigon during the last couple of fateful weeks. So reading Snepp's book gave me a deep insight into the ultimate chaos that ensued and the actors behind the stonewalling of the evacuation.
If you want an in-depth chronicle of the final couple of months of the Republic of Vietnam as told by the most credible source I have come across, then I highly recommend "Decent Interval." If you want a one-sided story of those who try to cover their asses during that period, then look to the PBS American Experience video that won't reveal the whole truth of what happened.
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