Operation Chaos - Matthew Sweet

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Résumé :

'In what should be a footnote to the history of the Vietnam War, Matthew Sweet has found a craziness right at the heart of the human condition. He tells a bizarre, alarming story with wit, grace and an increasing anxiety that by asking questions he might be about to trigger World War Three. I read it with my jaw on the floor.' Frank Cottrell-Boyce

'Operation Chaos adds a new and fascinating chapter to the story of the Vietnam War. It will amaze anyone who thinks the war was fought only in Vietnam, that it was fought only with guns and bombs, or that it is truly over.' Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah's Men

'Matthew Sweet lured me into a looking-glass world of deserters, radicals, spies, and cultists. Operation Chaos tells an American story that had been lost to history, one where people are not always who they seem to be and suspicions have a hard time keeping pace with reality.' Bryan Burrough, author of Days of Rage

'In telling the story of American deserters from Vietnam Matthew Sweet captures the moment when the possibilities of the Sixties disintegrated into paranoia. Justifiable paranoia in their case. Excellent.' Michael Goldfarb, author of Emancipation

'A remarkable story of subterfuge and brainwashing that few Hollywood scriptwriters could have made up. Sweet tells the story with scholarship and verve.' Simon Heffer