Description
Decent Interval is a book that provides an insider's perspective on the final days of the Vietnam War, written by the CIA's chief strategy analyst in Vietnam. It is highly regarded as a classic and offers a critical view of the CIA's role and departure from the conflict. The author, who initially believed in the CIA's cause, became disillusioned by their treacherous withdrawal and wrote the book at great risk and sacrifice. It remains a powerful and riveting account of one of the darkest episodes in American history, with a new foreword by Gloria Emerson.
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 had 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 quarter-century later, it remains a riveting and powerful testament to one of the darkest episodes in American history. With a new foreword by Gloria Emerson