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Larry bermans new book, perfect spy, tells the true story of reporter pham xuan an. A great book about a hero of the peoples army, pham xuan an written by a professor of political science at the university of california daivs, larry berman. Apr 24, 2007 in perfect spy, larry berman, who an considered his official american biographer, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth centurys most fascinating spies. He worked in south vietnam as a reporter for reuters, time magazine and the new york herald tribune during the vietnam war but was simultaneously spying for north vietnam. Larry berman chronicles the life of pham xuan an, a vietnamese journalist who worked in south vietnam for reuters and time magazine during the vietnam war while simultaneously spying for north vietnam. Read perfect spy the incredible double life of pham xuan an, time magazine reporter and vietnamese communist agent by larry berman available from rakuten kobo. The incredible double life of pham xuan an time magazine reporter and vietnamese communist agent larry berman in his bookinsightful, overdue, an authentic shock and awe storydeftly humanizes the contradictions in ans life. Perfect spy the incredible double life of pham xuan an, time magazine reporter and vietnamese communist agent book. Larry berman, professor emeritus, university of californiadavis and founding dean of the honors college, georgia state university. The bass book contains fascinating insights and context on people and subjects that touched ans life, from alleged french and cia drug dealing to high praise for. Larry berman wrote a biography of an titled perfect spy. The incredible double of pham xuan an by larry berman new york, harpercollins, 2007 more than a secret agent, a reporter, a communist, he was a friend to many people, a true internationalist and humanitarian. This book is a well written description of general pham xuan ans activities as a communist agent in south vietnam from the 1940s through 1975 and afterwards.
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