Who the Hell Are We Fighting?

Released on by C. Michael Hiam
preview-18

  • Who the Hell Are We Fighting? Book Detail

  • Author : C. Michael Hiam
  • Release Date : 2019-07-16
  • Publisher : LaFarge Literary Agency
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 334
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 75,75 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Who the Hell Are We Fighting? by C. Michael Hiam PDF Summary

Book Description: “A tightly written narrative history.” —Harvard magazine It was an enigma of the Vietnam War: American troops kept killing the Viet Cong—and were being killed in the process—and yet the Viet Cong's ranks continued to grow. When one man—CIA analyst Sam Adams—uncovered documents suggesting a Viet Cong army more than twice as numerous as previously reckoned, another war erupted, this time within the ranks of America's intelligence community. This clandestine conflict, which burst into public view during the acrimonious lawsuit Westmoreland v. CBS, involved the highest levels of the U.S. government. The central issue in the trial, as in the war itself, was the calamitous failure of our intelligence agencies to ascertain the strength of the Viet Cong and get that information to our troops in a timely fashion. The legacy of this failure—whether due to institutional inertia, misguided politics, or individual hubris—haunts our nation. And Sam Adams’ tireless crusade for “honest intelligence” resonates strongly today. To detractors like Richard Helms, Adams was an obsessive zealot; to others, he was a patriot of rare integrity and moral courage. Adams was the driving force behind the CBS ninety-minute documentary The Uncounted Enemy, produced by George Crile and hosted by Mike Wallace. Westmoreland brought a lawsuit seeking $120 million in damages against Adams and Wallace in what headlines around the country trumpeted as the libel trial of the century. Westmoreland dropped his suit before the case could be sent to the jury. Who the Hell Are We Fighting? is the first serious narrative history of Adams' controversial discovery of the Vietnam "numbers gap." Hiam's book is a timeless, cautionary tale that combines the best elements of biography, military history, and current affairs. Praise for Who the Hell Are We Fighting? “Hiam’s book offers a rich oral history relying upon the recollections of many key players, friend and foe alike, as well as Adams’s meticulous notes, court documents, and other relevant sources.” —Library Journal “In the late 1960s, CIA analyst Sam Adams was almost alone in showing what one honest person can do in the face of political and bureaucratic corruption that twisted the truth about America’s enemy strength during the ten-year war in Vietnam. Now, C. Michael Hiam provides new insight into Adams’s epic battle.” —Alex Beam, Newsday “In times of White House obfuscation, it’s a pleasure to be able to read about the candor—against all odds—of courageous patriots like Sam Adams.” —Mike Wallace “A definitive contribution to an understanding of the most acrimonious intelligence controversy of the Vietnam War.” —George W. Allen, author of None So Blind: A Personal Account of the Intelligence Failure in Vietnam “An excellent book…should bring [Sam Adams’s story] to the attention of many who know nothing of the passions or the conflicts of that time.” —Larry McMurtry “Take up this book and let Michael Hiam lead you toward a final understanding of how military and civilian intelligence failed us during the Vietnam War.” —John Rolfe Gardiner, author of Double Stitch For more about this and other books by Michael Hiam, visit thelafargeagency.com/book/who-the-hell-are-we-fighting/

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Who the Hell Are We Fighting? books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Who the Hell Are We Fighting?

Who the Hell Are We Fighting?

File Size : 50,50 MB
Total View : 6669 Views
DOWNLOAD

“A tightly written narrative history.” —Harvard magazine It was an enigma of the Vietnam War: American troops kept killing the Viet Cong—and were being

Brutal Battles of Vietnam

Brutal Battles of Vietnam

File Size : 34,34 MB
Total View : 3866 Views
DOWNLOAD

Brutal Battles of Vietnam: America's Deadliest Days, 1965-1972 is VFW's contribution to the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. This 480-page book covering som

Fighting the Vietnam War

Fighting the Vietnam War

File Size : 42,42 MB
Total View : 2095 Views
DOWNLOAD

Describes the struggle between South Vietnam and its allies and charts the progress of the war that led to North Vietnam's victory and United States' defeat.

Waging Peace in Vietnam

Waging Peace in Vietnam

File Size : 70,70 MB
Total View : 1272 Views
DOWNLOAD

How American Soldiers Opposed and Resisted the War in Vietnam While mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers,

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

File Size : 47,47 MB
Total View : 3754 Views
DOWNLOAD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a