Comments on: The Vietnam Spy Who Betrayed Us, Part II http://greathistory.com/the-vietnam-spy-who-betrayed-us-part-two.htm The Best Blogging in History Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:58:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: History Roundup 07-08-2009 « Great History http://greathistory.com/the-vietnam-spy-who-betrayed-us-part-two.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3187 History Roundup 07-08-2009 « Great History Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=517#comment-3187 [...] There were several articles released on GreatHistory.com, including In Defense of the Wild and The Vietnam Spy Who Betrayed Us, Part II. [...]

[...] There were several articles released on GreatHistory.com, including In Defense of the Wild and The Vietnam Spy Who Betrayed Us, Part II. [...]

]]> By: Paul Davis http://greathistory.com/the-vietnam-spy-who-betrayed-us-part-two.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3123 Paul Davis Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:31:47 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=517#comment-3123 Considering that the Tet Offensive was a complete and utter military failure, I'm not sure that bragging about helping to plan it would elevate one's status. An was a top spy for the Viet Cong and the Viet Cong were under the control of the North Vietnamese. An's reports were read by Ho Chi Minh and other top Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leaders. An assisting in the planning of Tet by identifing targets to be attacked in South Vietnam during the offensive. As he knew the country, the South Vietnamese and American leadership, and the American press corp very well, his views were valued by the top leadership of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese. As I noted in the first two parts of my three-part series, I'm not an admirer of An and I suspect his "love" for Americans, but I have to admit that he was a devasting spy against us. Paul Davis Considering that the Tet Offensive was a complete and utter military failure, I’m not sure that bragging about helping to plan it would elevate one’s status.

An was a top spy for the Viet Cong and the Viet Cong were under the control of the North Vietnamese. An’s reports were read by Ho Chi Minh and other top Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leaders.

An assisting in the planning of Tet by identifing targets to be attacked in South Vietnam during the offensive. As he knew the country, the South Vietnamese and American leadership, and the American press corp very well, his views were valued by the top leadership of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese.

As I noted in the first two parts of my three-part series, I’m not an admirer of An and I suspect his “love” for Americans, but I have to admit that he was a devasting spy against us.

Paul Davis

]]> By: wilson http://greathistory.com/the-vietnam-spy-who-betrayed-us-part-two.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3093 wilson Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:08:47 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=517#comment-3093 "An also helped plan the Tet Offensive in 1968" I have serious doubts that the North Vietnamese General Staff and Le Duan and General Giap would have allowed a "spy" to have any access with higher Tet Offensive planing other than at the local level, perhaps with the Viet Cong. It sounds to me as if An was intent on raising his status in the history books without any investigation by the authors. I don't care if An was the most brilliant military strategist since Julius Caesar, allowing a man behind enemy lines to plan the greatest offensive ever launched by North Vietnam would not be either sane nor acceptable to a communist nation run and planned by a Central Committee in Hanoi. “An also helped plan the Tet Offensive in 1968″

I have serious doubts that the North Vietnamese General Staff and Le Duan and General Giap would have allowed a “spy” to have any access with higher Tet Offensive planing other than at the local level, perhaps with the Viet Cong. It sounds to me as if An was intent on raising his status in the history books without any investigation by the authors. I don’t care if An was the most brilliant military strategist since Julius Caesar, allowing a man behind enemy lines to plan the greatest offensive ever launched by North Vietnam would not be either sane nor acceptable to a communist nation run and planned by a Central Committee in Hanoi.

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