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JFK is losing the war before it even starts. Something has to be done…
The South Vietnamese are turning against their own government. Protests are daily events. Even the military is questioning its orders to put down the civilian demonstrations. With the ever-increasing rise of violent factions, it seems Diem is the only leader that can hold South Vietnam together. But even he goes too far when he attacks the temples and imprisons the Buddhist monks and their followers. Saigon is about to explode.
The Viet Cong take advantage of the chaos seizing more territory and villages. Their ranks are growing. It seems nothing can stop them from overrunning the South.
The AP’s Malcolm Browne photographs a monk burning himself to death as a form of protest. On the front page of every newspaper, the world is shocked. JFK and his advisors are sickened by the images. The time for patience is over. Kennedy wants action.
The solution is Lucien Conein an erratic CIA officer with connections to the Saigon underworld and the ARVN military leaders. Given a suitcase filled with US dollars for bribes and ordered to solve the problem, Conein is unleashed.
Like all the novels in the Airmen Series, Cry Havoc is based on historical events and real people. A fast-paced narrative of how and why America entered the Vietnam War.
作者简介
Born in 1958, David grew up on a horse ranch in Northern California, breeding and training appaloosas. At 28, he packed up his family and moved to Malibu, California to write and direct motion pictures. He has four motion picture screenwriting credits and two directing credits. His movies have been viewed by an audience of over 50 million worldwide and won a multitude of awards including the Malibu, Palm Springs and San Jose Film Festivals. He has completed twenty-three screenplays and eighteen novels.
An avid traveler, David has lived as an expat in Thailand and Mexico. At 56, he sold all his possessions and became a nomad for three years. He circumnavigated the world three times and visited 56 countries. David loves to paint the places he has visited and the people he has met in both watercolor and oil.
