"An important work." --John Prados, author of President's Secret Wars
"This definitive account of the Phoenix program, the US attempt to
destroy the Viet Cong through torture and summary execution, remains
sobering reading for all those trying to understand the Vietnam War and
the moral ambiguities of America's Cold War victory. Though carefully
documented, the book is written in an accessible style that makes it
ideal for readers at all levels, from undergraduates to professional
historians." --Alfred W. McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin: CIA
Complicity in the Global Drug Trade