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Last Man Out is the remarkable story of Jim Parker, a former C.I.A. agent and the last man to leave Vietnam. The author explains how the agency worked behind the scenes to assist the military in the war.
Last Man Out also explores the anti-war movement back home and its effect on how the war was conducted. Parker makes the point that the price paid in Vietnam ultimately caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, rid the country of Lyndon Johnson and enabled the U.S. to gain a foothold in China.
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As a young army lieutenant in 1965 and 1966, Parker was among the first Americans to serve in the early phase of the Vietnam War. Years later, as a CIA paramilitary operative, he was among the last U.S. government stragglers desperately trying to tie up loose ends before Saigon fell. In his second memoir (after Codename Mule: Fighting the Secret War in Laos for the CIA), Parker traces his development from fun-loving country boy into savvy intelligence officer. Clearly proud of his country's involvement in Vietnam, Parker is no run-of-the-mill war memoirist but a skilled storyteller with a knack for weaving quick tales with revealing punch lines. He introduces a memorable cast of supporting characters to illustrate his thesis: "The Vietnam War was dearly expensive-some of the best in our society died-but, through it all, the proud American tradition of service and sacrifice was not broken. We kept the faith." These include Vietnamese CIA contract agents, bodyguards, military officers and civilians abandoned by the U.S. though in its employ. Some will take comfort from Parker's conclusion that "History will look kindly on our good intentions to save a country from being overrun by an aggressive neighbor." Uplifting and insightful, this book may sell well. Photos. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Ex-CIA agent Parker tells the story of the American experience in Vietnam from the unusual perspective of a CIA agent involved in the behind-the-scene efforts and also of a soldier committed to the human side of the conflict. Parker was the last American to leave the country, because three days after the American Embassy closed he was still running about the countryside trying to round up loyal operatives still doing their jobs. As he explained the direction the war was taking in CIA briefings and was then informed by his people in the field that the opposite was occurring, he knew the American brass did not have a clear understanding of the problems there. Few others shared Parker's perspective on the war, and none has reported it in quite the same way. An enlightening story; for Vietnam War collections.Michael Coleman, Regional Lib. for Blind & Physically Handicapped, Montgomery, Ala. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.