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The Fighting Fathers: Cia-Backed Catholic Militia in South Vietnam

The Fighting Fathers: Cia-Backed Catholic Militia in South Vietnam

Hardcover

General Military HistoryVietnam War

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ISBN10: 0764368257
ISBN13: 9780764368257
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: Sep 28 2024
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
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 name 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.

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