Decent Interval (25th Anniversary Edition)

An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam

By: Frank Snepp, Gloria Emerson - foreword

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA's role in and final departure from that conflict. Still the most detailed and respected account of America's final days in Vietnam, the book was written at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who believed in the CIA's cause but was disillusioned by the agency's treacherous withdrawal, leaving thousands of Vietnamese allies to the mercy of an angry enemy. A quarter-century later, it remains a riveting and powerful testament to one of the darkest episodes in American history.

©1977, 2002 Frank W. Snepp III, Foreword copyright 2002 by the University Press of Kansas (P)2025 Tantor Media

The HST of the CIA

ok, maybe not as talented as hunter s. thompson, but snepp is a razor sharp writer. he provides a general narrative of events while zooming in on specific events, some of which clearly foreshadow the events of Saigon’s fall.
does he act like his shit don’t stink? of course. but he had to to fend off CIA accusations, I bet.
the only remaining question is: when will the public be able to read narratives such as Snepp’s with complete transparency? Allowinging agents to admit their own mistakes without fear of retribution. i’m still waiting.