Alessandro Giorgi
Description
During the early years of US involvement in Vietnam, the CIA helped arm militia groups in South Vietnam referred to as the "Fighting Fathers." The nam
...
e was a reference to the Catholic priests who organized the fighting groups. The fathers fought alongside their parishioners to defend their localities from the Communist insurgency, the Vietcong.
Author Alessandro Giorgi has studied the subject in unprecedented detail, conducting original research in recently declassified archives and interviewing former US intelligence personnel and Italian missionary witnesses.
Giorgi's first English language book Vikings in Vietnam (2024) received praise from noted historians from various elite universities in the US and also an endorsement from Pulitzer prize winning author Thomas Powers.
Read more
Genres
History
Tags
Military
History
Pictorials
Vietnam War
Reading Moods
No reading moods specified
Contributors
No contributors specified
Publishing Info
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Month-Year
Sep, 2024
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780764368257
ISBN-10: 0764368257
Language
English
No. of Pages
112
Format
Hardcover
Awards & Recognition
No awards specified
Available at
No purchase options available
First Reviewed by
Claim the Book
Are you an author of this book?
Report
Found an issue or correction?