Reviewed in the united states on september 7 2015 slow burn the rise and bitter fall of intelligence in vietnam orrin deforest and david chanoff this is the one book on intelligence operations during the vietnam war that must be read if one is to understand the role of intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare. Slow burn the rise and bitter fall of american intelligence in vietnam slow burn the rise and bitter fall of american intelligence in vietnam by deforest orrin chanoff david publication date 1990 topics deforest orrin united states central intelligence agency vietnamese conflict 1961 1975 vietnamese conflict . This book is awesome it is a memoir of the war a great insight into the workings of counterintelligence and a glaring indictment of the american vietnam effort oh and theres even a romance orrin deforest went to vietnam in the post tet era and tried to salvage the cias pathetic counter intelligence war and the phoenix program. Slow burn the rise and bitter fall of american intelligence in vietnam uploaded by edgar rice burroughs slow burn the rise and bitter fall of intelligence in vietnam orrin deforest and david chanoff this is the one book on intelligence operations during the vietnam war that must be read if one is to understand the role of intelligence in. Slow burn the rise and bitter fall of american intelligence in vietnam by orrin deforest and david chanoff posted by bookrantingsandratings on august 6 2019 i have to say prior to reading this book i knew a heck of a lot more about intelligence operations of world war ii and the american revolution than i did about vietnam