Code name bright light von veith george (25 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A former Army Captain reveals the extensive and risky operations of the U.S. military to identify, locate and recover Vietnam-era American POW/MIAs, through personal diaries, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with intelligence and combat officers. 20,000 first printing.

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Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Free Press, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Free Press January 1998 Binding: Hardcover ex library copy.

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Zustand: Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks, remains very good. . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light bumps and shelf wear.

Mass Market Paperback. Dell. 1st printing, January 1999. NF.

Zustand: good, ex-lib., good. First Printing. 25 cm, 408, illus., map, usual library markings. Account of the American secret operations to rescue POW/MIA's during the conflict. Traces the development of the POW intelligence operations incuding the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, a classified POW/MIA unit responsible for rescuing captives.…

Hardcover. Zustand: used: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDHistoryGood condition, some wear to edges, bumped tips, some wear to dustjacket, minor staining to top edge, prompt shipping with tracking.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Foxing on the page edges, else very good in very good or better dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. 25 cm. xx, 408, [4] pages, Maps. Twelve black and white illustrations between pages 236 and 237. Notes. Glossary of Acronyms and Foreign Terms. Index. George J. Veith is the author of three books on the Vietnam War, including Code Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts during the Vietnam War (1998) and Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 (2013). Account of the American secret operations to rescue POW/MIAs during the Vietnam conflict. Traces the development of the wartime POW intelligence operations including the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, a classified POW/MIA unit responsible for rescuing captives. He has testified on the POW/MIA issue before the U.S. Congress, and is currently working on his Ph.D. and a study of the career of Nguyen Van Thieu. He presented papers at the following major conferences, including the October 2005 Australian War College symposium "Entangling Alliances: Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century," in 2006 to the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency at Fort Belvoir, VA, at the May 2008 conference in Paris on "War, Diplomacy, and Public Opinion: The Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam and the End of the Vietnam War (1968-1975)," and at the 2009 Society for Military History Conference. He helped organize a conference held in Washington, DC in April 2010 on "35-Year Retrospective Look on Vietnam." He has appeared on Fox News and other radio and TV stations, and testified twice on the POW/MIA issue before the U.S. House of Representatives. Code-Name Bright Light tells one of the great unknown stories of the Vietnam War: the American military's extensive secret operations to locate and rescue POW/MIAs during the conflict. It is a tale of tragedy and heroism revealed in full for the first time in this volume. The history of the U.S. POW/MIA intelligence and wartime rescue operations has long remained concealed under the shroud of national security, unknown both to the public and to the families of the missing. George J. Veith has assembled an extensive range of previously unseen material, including recently declassified NSA intercepts, State Department cables, and wartime interrogation reports which reveal how the U.S. military conducted a centralized effort to identify, locate, and rescue its POW/MIAs. Code-Name Bright Light also traces the development of the various national wartime POW intelligence operations and provides an in-depth look at the activities of the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, a secretive and highly classified POW/MIA unit in South Vietnam responsible for rescuing captives. Further, it uncovers one of the most tightly held POW/MIA secrets, the primary reason why the government did not think any Americans were left behind: a clandestine communication program between the POWs and the U.S. military. This still-sensitive program provided the identities and locations of American prisoners, defeating North Vietnamese efforts to keep their names and locations a secret. The raids and efforts that make up the narrative of Code-Name Bright Light succeeded in freeing hundreds of captive South Vietnamese soldiers but resulted in the rescue of few Americans. The vast network of efforts, however, is a testament to the U.S. military's unknown commitment to freeing its captive soldiers. Veith concludes that the United States secretly went as far as any army could go in freeing its captives in this type of wartime situation. Our understanding of the war remains incomplete without this powerful history.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 408 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Remainder mark on book. Index has notes and highlighting. Dust jacket is rubbed at spine tips and general surface wear. ISBN 0684835142. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good. Code-Name Bright Light tells one of the great unknown stories of the Vietnam War: the American military's extensive secret operations to locate and rescue POW/MIAs during the conflict. It is a tale of tragedy and heroism revealed in full for the first time in this volume. The history of the U.S. POW/MIA intelligence and wartime rescue operations has long remained concealed under the shroud of national security, unknown both to the public and to the families of the missing. George J. Veith has assembled an extensive range of previously unseen material, including recently declassified NSA intercepts, State Department cables, and wartime interrogation reports which reveal how the U.S. military conducted a centralized effort to identify, locate, and rescue its POW/MIAs. Code-Name Bright Light also traces the development of the various national wartime POW intelligence operations and provides an in-depth look at the activities of the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, a secretive and highly classified POW/MIA unit in South Vietnam responsible for rescuing captives. Further, it uncovers one of the most tightly held POW/MIA secrets, the primary reason why the government did not think any Americans were left behind: a clandestine communication program between the POWs and the U.S. military. This still-sensitive program provided the identities and locations of American prisoners, defeating North Vietnamese efforts to keep their names and locations a secret. The raids and efforts that make up the narrative of Code-Name Bright Light succeeded in freeing hundreds of captive South Vietnamese soldiers but resulted in the rescue of few Americans. The vast network of efforts, however, is a testament to the U.S. military's unknown commitment to freeing its captive soldiers. Veith concludes that the United States secretly went as far as any army could go in freeing its captives in this type of wartime situation. Our understanding of the war remains incomplete without this powerful history.…