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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.An untold story of espionage, religion, and guerilla warfare in South Vietnam.
During the early years of US involvement in Vietnam, the CIA helped arm militia groups in South Vietnam referred to as the Fighting Fathers. The name was a reference to the Catholic priests who organized the fighting groups. The fathers fought alongside their parishioners to defend their localities from the Communist insurgency, the Vietcong.
Author Alessandro Giorgi has studied the subject in unprecedented detail, conducting original research in recently declassified archives and interviewing former US intelligence personnel and Italian missionary witnesses.[AuthorName]By Alessandro Giorgi[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Alessandro Giorgi is an Italian military historian, author, and teacher. He is especially interested in clandestine operations from World War II through the end of the Cold War. He has presented at academic conferences in the US and Europe and is a member of the Italian Society of Military History. This is his fourth book.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]70[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]CIA-Backed Catholic Militia in South Vietnam[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]70[/ColorPattern]
