Description: OSS officer John Guthrie is hoping for an easy post-liberation assignment at the end of World War II. His unique skills are, however, required for another mission--being dropped into North Vietnam to work with the Viet Minh against the Japanese.
Brief description: George H. Wittman served in the US Army during and after the Korean War and, in the following decades, became intimately involved in national security, global intelligence matters and international business. A veteran of forty-five years of international security operations and analysis, he undertook extensive sensitive assignments across the globe. He served as founding chairman of the National Institute for Public Policy, lectured periodically at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, and had a consulting relationship with the FBI's New York field office. Above all, he viewed and presented himself as an American patriot, resisting political affiliation and committed to what he believed was in the best interest of the nation.
Review Quotes: "...a deftly written and inherently fascinating read from cover to cover."-- "Midwest Book Review"