{"product_id":"the-spy-who-loved-us-the-vietnam-war-and-pham-xuan-ans-dangerous-game-9781625343659","title":"The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas A. Bass\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePham Xuan An was one of the twentieth century's greatest spies. While working as a correspondent for Time during the Vietnam War, he sent intelligence reports--written in invisible ink or hidden inside spring rolls in film canisters--to Ho Chi Minh and his generals in North Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Only after Saigon fell in 1975 did An's colleagues learn that the affable raconteur in their midst, acclaimed as \"dean of the Vietnamese press corps,\" was actually a general in the North Vietnamese Army. In recognition of his tradecraft and his ability to spin military losses--such as the T�t Offensive of 1968--­into psychological gains, An was awarded sixteen military medals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the book's original publication, WikiLeaks revealed that Thomas A. Bass's account of An's career was distributed to CIA agents as a primer in espionage. Now available in paper with a new preface, An's story remains one of the most gripping to emerge from the era.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46480398680215,"sku":"9781625343659","price":3884.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781625343659.jpg?v=1766308813","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spy-who-loved-us-the-vietnam-war-and-pham-xuan-ans-dangerous-game-9781625343659","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}