The Sky Would Fall: Operation Vulture, the Secret U.S. Bombing Mission to Vietnam, 1954.
Language: English
Published by New Yor: Dial Press, 1983, New Yor, 1983
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Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 242 pp., Chapter notes, bibliography and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Sky Would Fall: Operation Vulture, the Secret U.S. Bombing Mission to Vietnam, 1954.
- Author
- Prados, John
- Publisher
- New Yor: Dial Press, 1983, New Yor
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385278608
- ISBN 13
- 9780385278607
- Edition
- Second Edition.
This is the true story of Operation Vulture, a plan designed by President Eisenhower & his advisors to provide major US involvement in support of the French at Dien Bien Phu where they were locked in a deadly battle with the Vietnamese. the proposal included heavy bombing missions with the possible use of atomic bombs, grounds troops & the possibility of war with China. Prados recreates the series of meetings from declassified documents, meetings that included Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Winston Churchill & other high ranking political figures.
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P.F. Mullins Books
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