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The Advisor happens to be set during the Vietnam War, but its message is universally applicable -- the characters could be State Department, Peace Corps, or soldiers in Bosnia.

What sets The Advisor apart from many other novels written about Vietnam? This provocative story deals with the complexities of being an advisor to foreigners in wartime: a clash of cultures, combat action and political intrigue. Played out through Viet Cong as well as American and South Vietnamese characters, the book narrates both sides of that strange war.

More than just an action-adventure story, The Advisor is driven by historical intrigue, gripping drama, and haunting romance suffused with the mystery and seduction of the orient.

It begins in the summer of 1972, the last year of the war, before the U.S. military left South Vietnam, and ends in 1975 when the last Americans are evacuated. This metaphoric novel challenges the Domino Theory -- the premise of the Vietnam War, while spinning a tale of protecting the Long Tau Channel, the most strategic waterway in the campaign.

Commander Blake Lawrence, a blue water sailor, is unwillingly thrust into the Rung Sal Special Zone, a place he does not want to be, among a people whose culture he doesn't understand, and a kind of war he is unprepared to fight. As the Senior Advisor, he struggles to sort out several moral dilemmas: Will he be court-martialed and lose his destroyer command? Who is correct -- his boss, Rear Adm. Paulson, or his Vietnamese counterpart, Captain Duc-Lang? The ethics of dealing with guerrillas. What should he do about the women in his life -- his wife, Beverly, who is fed-up with Navy life, and the temptation of infidelity withseductive Peg Thompson? What's more important -- a North Vietnamese Colonel named Tu or the Russian AT3 rockets, his integrity of his destroyer command? What's the war about -- Communism or Dynastics?

At the end of the book, we find Blake back at sea in command of a destroyer, where he witnesses the final American withdrawal in 1975. We learn what happened after his days as an advisor, and why he is invited to return to fight.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	01 novembre 1999
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618587527
Langue	English

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The Advisor
by Carl Nelson
The Advisor happens to be set during the Vietnam War, but its message is universally applicable - the characters could be State Department, Peace Corps, or soldiers in Bosnia.
What sets The Advisor apart from the many other novels written about Vietnam? It deals with the complexities of being an advisor to foreigners in wartime: a clash of cultures, combat action and political intrigue. Played out through Viet Cong, as well as American and South Vietnamese characters, the book narrates both sides of that strange war.
More than just an action-adventure story, The Advisor is driven by historical intrigue, gripping drama, and haunting romance suffused with the mystery and seduction of the orient. It begins in the summer of 1972, the last year of the war, before the U.S. Military left South Vietnam and ends in 1975 when the last Americans are evacuated. This metaphoric novel challenges the Domino Theory - the premise of the Vietnam War, while spinning a tale of protecting the Long Tau Channel, the most strategic waterway in the campaign.
In 1972, U.S. Navy Commander Blake Lawrence is unwillingly thrust into the Rung Sat Special Zone, a place he does not want to be, among a people whose culture he doesn t understand, and a kind of war he is unprepared to fight. As the Senior Advisor, he struggles to sort out several moral dilemmas: Will he be court-martialed and lose his destroyer command? Who is correct: His boss Rear Admiral Paulson or his Vietnamese Navy counter-part Captain Duc-Lang? What should he do about the women in his life: His wife Beverly, who is fed-up with Navy life, and the temptation of infidelity with seductive Peg Thompson? What should he do about his naval career? What s more important: a North Vietnamese Colonel named Tu or the Russian AT3 rockets, his integrity or his destroyer command? What s the war about: Communism or Dynasties?
At the end of the book, Blake is at sea where he witnesses the final American withdrawal in 1975, and we learn what happened after his days as an advisor and why he is invited to return to fight.

Copyright 1999 Carl A. Nelson Publishing Rights: Turner Publishing Company This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced without the written consent of the Author and the Publisher.
Turner Publishing Company Staff: Randy Baumgardner, Editor Shelley R. Davidson, Designer
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 99-64660 ISBN: 978-1-56311-513-4
Additional copies may be purchased directly from the Publisher. Limited Edition.
Poem I miss you so courtesy of Monica Ann (Nelson) Askari.
Cracklin Rosie by Neil Diamond 1970 Prophet Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Cover artwork courtesy of John Mark Jackson.
D EDICATION
To those honorable men and women living and dead who served in the Vietnam War and their loyal families, including my own.
A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I extend my deep appreciation to all the friends in the Pearl Harbor, San Diego and Coronado areas, who gave freely of their time and remembrances to help make this book possible. I m especially grateful to: Mike Barajas; Ann Marie Lindstrom; Colonel Richard Shigley, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired); Captain C. Jerry Wages, U. S. Navy (Retired); Colonel Peter Houben, U. S. Army (Retired); Captain Ralph Harms, SC, U. S. Navy (Retired); Olin Thompson, Arthur Fleming, James Kitchen, and various members of Marsh Cassady s writing group and all others who read, listened, critiqued and otherwise suffered through various revisions by this growing writer; and my wife, Barbara, who endured my growth as a writer.
I am also grateful for the support of Colonel John Carty, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired); Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, U.S. Navy (Retired); Vice Admiral Robert Salzer, U.S. Navy (Retired); Mr. Dave Turner, Publisher, Turner Publishing Company; and Mr. Randy Baumgardner, Editor, Turner Publishing Company; and Ms. Shelley R. Davidson, Book Designer, Turner Publishing Company.
A UTHOR S N OTE
The only consistency of the American involvement in the Vietnam War was the advisors. They were there from the beginning in the early 60s until the pull-out in 1972-73. For them it wasn t an American war, it was a Vietnamese war and they were there to help.
Their participation was different, because to them it was always unconventional and it never changed during the twelve year involvement. United States advisors served with Vietnamese forces, whose tours of duty were for the duration and who allowed inexperienced Americans to tag along for 12 months until just about the time they knew what they were doing, they went home. Those professional American military men and women had the additional burden of understanding the culture and psychology of East Asia.
The Vietnam War did happen. The Long Tau shipping Channel, Rung Sat Special Zone, and Nha Be do or did exist. The underlying theme of this book is true, that cultures and dynasties were at play as well as the fear of Communism. The history of the period, the places, the events, and the chronology offered were either observed by the author or accurately researched by him (see A History of South-East Asia , by D.G.E. Hall, MacMillan and Company, 1964) and retain their essential authenticity. Because this is a novel and not a history the author has, for purposes of story line and plot, taken literary license. For instance, the Bokassa and Nguyen Anh stories are true, just as it is true that a North Vietnamese Colonel did walk, for one year, all the way from the North to command the guerrillas of the Rung Sat. However, in each case the stories and names have been adjusted to fit a fictional story. The men and women of this book are fictitious - created from the author s imagination. No similarity to anyone living or dead exists or is intended.
P ROLOGUE
America did not enter the war in Vietnam until 1960 and even then by only contributing $1 Billion in aid and about 1,500 advisors.
Twelve years later, in January of 1972 the nation was still involved in what turned out to be the longest hot war in the history of the United States. By then the American people had little enthusiasm for it - the Armed Forces only a bit more.
In that month, President Nixon announced his intention to run for re-election. When Hubert Humphrey entered the race on the 11th of January he vowed to get America out of the war. On January 14th, Nixon countered by announcing that despite an expected Communist offensive in the spring he would reduce the number of Americans in Vietnam from 139,000 on the first of February to 69,000 on the first of May. But, he added, If the enemy holds one prisoner of war I will not withdraw all forces.
Nixon s bargaining position thus became the residual U.S. military advisors whose mission was to remain in-country and continue the Vietnamization program begun in 1970. They were to turn over the military equipment and train the Vietnamese, so that when the last U.S. forces pulled out, and all prisoners were released, the South Vietnamese could fight on and win the Domino game.
The following excerpts and headlines from actual issues of the Los Angeles Time s printed during the winter and spring of 1972 reveal the mixture of blood, rhetoric and emotion of that period:
February 8, 1972
Presidential aide H.R. Haldeman accused American Vietnam policy criticizers of consciously aiding and abetting the enemy of the United States.
February 18, 1972
President Nixon embarked on a Journey to China for Peace.
March 17, 1972
President Nixon announced he would visit Russia on May 22.
March 31, 1972
North Vietnamese Communists began an offensive.
April 4, 1972
The Allies launched a huge counter offensive.
April 6, 1972 April 10, 1972
Russia became the key Hanoi war supplier. Nixon threatened postponement of his Russian trip if the Vietnam situation worsened.
April 11, 1972
Jane Fonda won an Oscar for her portrayal of a stylish and wily call girl in Klute .
April 16, 1972
For the first time since President Johnson ordered a halt in November 1968, B-52 s bombed the Haiphong area. It was the northernmost raid of the war.
April 23, 1972
At a rally in San Francisco, Miss Fonda told a crowd that their festive attitude was justified, because the Vietnamese people and Cambodians are winning.
April 26, 1972
Kissinger secretly visited Moscow for four days.
April 27, 1972
Nixon announced withdrawal of 20,000 more troops but said he would continue bombing.
April 28, 1972
The flow of Russian built tanks and other weapons into North Vietnam increased.
April 29, 1972
40,000 Reds began a siege of Quang Tri; thousands of refugees fled south.
May 2, 1972
The fall of Quang Tri gave the North Vietnamese their first major victory, and it periled the city of Hue.
May 8, 1972
For the first time in the twelve-year involvement in the Vietnamese War President Nixon ordered the mining of North Vietnamese ports. Naval aircraft laid area mines which were to be activated at 3 AM Thursday, May 11 in Haiphong Harbor.
O NE
J UNE 1972, S OUTH C HINA S EA ABOARD U.S.S. D ECATUR
Blake Lawrence served as executive officer, navigator and CIC evaluator aboard the destroyer Decatur , directing gunfire support for U.S. Army, Marines and allies in the war he and most other servicemen thought was about saving South Vietnam from Communism. He had already been at sea in the war zone for the past six months and during the previous three months the ship had provided seaborne artillery along the Northern coast of South Vietnam. Fighting near the DMZ during the spring of 1972 had been savage, but after the Reds were pushed back, Blake s ship was ordered south to operate near the coastal city of Vung Tau. There they were to support anti-guerrilla operations.
On this evening, though physically exhausted by the strain of his shipboard duties, Blake was buoyed by the thought of going home. Before leaving the bridge he checked the

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