Synopses & Reviews
James E. Parker Jr. was born in North Carolina in 1942. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1967. He was recruited by the central Intelligence Agency in 1970 and spent his entire career working undercover both in domestic assignments and overseas. Now retired to Pinehurst, N.C., he lectures and writes.
Synopsis
With uncommon insight and raw honesty, a retired CIA operative and one of the few veterans to see the Vietnam conflict from beginning to end captures the stark realities of jungle combat, heavy casualties, and heroic sacrifice in this powerful account of the war.