The Last Hookers: From Nazi Germany to Viet Nam They Lived, They Loved, They Died - Softcover

Dunn, Lieutenant Colonel Rtd Carle E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759655928 ISBN 13: 9780759655928

Publisher: 1st Books, 2001

Synopsis

The Last Hookers is intrigue, danger, action, and romance about aviators in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos. Colonel Dunn, awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, shines light into dark corners of the NSA and CIA during covert operations in Southeast Asia.

About this title

From the Publisher:

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA—The Vietnam War catalyzed an entire generation of Americans, dividing them along pro-war and anti-war lines. Aviator turned author Lieutenant Colonel Carle E. Dunn spent three years researching recently declassified documents to provide details of how the United States became embroiled in Southeast Asia. He presents a candid look at United State’s leadership in his new book The Last Hookers (now available from 1stBooks Library)

Using fictional characters, Dunn, now retired, traces the roles of France, Great Britain, North Vietnam, and the United States in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, North and South Vietnam from 1938 to 1972. He details actual events such as Operation Vulture, President Truman’s plan to use atomic weapons against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) at Dien Bien Phu. This plan called for the subsequent use of atomic weapons against Communist China and the USSR. President Eisenhower gave the plan serious consideration.

Colonel Dunn weaves a story of lies, deceit, espionage and romance based on historical events. Exciting, entertaining, and emotionally wrought, The Last Hookers is the most profound look into U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia since the war’s end.

From humble beginnings to honored war veteran, Colonel Dunn has spent most of his life in the military. Enlisting in the South Carolina National Guard, while working his way through college, he later served in the Army Reserve. Commissioned a second lieutenant, Dunn attended Field Artillery Officers Basic Course at Fort Still, Oklahoma. Upon graduation, the Army canceled Dunn’s orders to Korea. He stayed at Fort Still to teach gunnery, and was the first Second Lieutenant ever to teach that course. Next, he completed helicopter flight school and went on to serve during the Vietnam conflict. Highly decorated and widely published, Dunn now resides in South Carolina. The Last Hookers is his first full-length novel.

From the Author:

Being a commander of helicopter units in Vietnam and a professor on a college campus, provided insights seldom found elsewhere. The United States military did not lose this war. Its loss was failed political will and leadership.

About this edition

• Publisher: 1st Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0759655928
• ISBN 13: 9780759655928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 664
• Illustrator: Atkinson William