Description
| Product ID: | 9781447294740 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Operation Chaos |
| Subtitle: | The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Themselves |
| Authors: | Author: Matthew Sweet |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, The Cold War, Vietnam War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Operation Chaos tells the real-life thrilling story of a group of US military deserters who found asylum in Sweden during the Vietnam War - one of the great untold tales of the Cold War, where the facts are wilder than any work of fiction. <p><b>'A remarkable story of subterfuge and brainwashing that few Hollywood scriptwriters could have made up' Simon Heffer, author of <i>The Age of Decadence</i></b><br><br>In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, an exodus begins. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters escape the brutal fighting for the calm shores of Stockholm. These defectors are young, radical and want to start a revolution. The Swedes treat their new guests like rock stars - but the CIA is going to put a stop to that.<br><br>It's a job for the deep-cover men of Operation Chaos and their allies - agents who know how to invade radical organizations and crush them from the inside. And within a few months, the GIs have turned on each other - and the interrogations and recriminations begin. <br><br>A gripping espionage story filled with a host of extraordinary and unbelievable plays, <i>Operation Chaos</i> is the incredible but true account of the men who left the war, how they betrayed each other and how they became lost in a world where anything seemed possible - even the idea that the CIA had secretly programmed them to kill their friends.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-03-07 |
