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But I was truly happy and would like to share what journalist April Oliver says about our new book Expendable Elite. She picks up on some of the reasoning why we published.
Now is time for all good men & women to come to the aid of their country, We must learn from the past. We can take back our country all that needs to happen for a revival of our republic is for us to stand up and take it back. Stop the New World Order, Think Globally, Act Locally the machinery of our republic is still in place. Civic affairs are currently run by a small percentage of the population. Let us get off our duffs. Change is in the times, let us change it for the best.
Onwards to the Utmost of Futures, Can you imagine if just a fraction of all the energy being spent to subdue and exploit was actually used to educate and nurture .... one shudders at the current situation of synarchy and all the pain and tragedy that is the result.
Peace Be
OK, OK I will get off my soapbox.
Again, Thank-you, April for your kind words.
Peace,
Om
K
April Oliver, a former journalist, now a lawyer, June 11, 2003,
Vivid Testimonial
Dan Marvin testifies vividly to the dangers inherent in covert ops, as well as the well-oiled cover-up machinery used to repress such accounts. His account here of the 'Expendable Elite' is supported by both detailed prose and an ample documentary appendix. Marvin now crusades for public awareness of such repressed historic events. My bet is the mainstream press will ignore this book as simply too 'hot' to handle. But those familiar with special ops should read this vivid account with great interest. It is an important firsthand testimonial regarding a 'plausibly deniable' assignment. Such missions are designed to be officially denied forever, and are very difficult to confirm through the traditional chain of command. It takes courage for individuals such as Dan Marvin to step forward to set the record straight with his interesting personal testimony.
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Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey into Covert Warfare
Daniel Marvin, Martha Raye
Hardcover - First Edition, April 2003
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Format: Hardcover, 362pp
Pub. Date: April 2003Publisher: Trine Day
Edition Description: First Edition
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ABOUT THE BOOK
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This true story of a special forces officer in Vietnam in the mid-1960s exposes the unique nature of the elite fighting force and how covert operations are developed and often masked to permit-and even sponsor-assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force, and bizarre methods in combat operations. Exp<%END%>able Elite reveals the fear that these warriors share with no other military person: not fear of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but fear of the wrath of the U.S. government should they find themselves classified as "exp<%END%>able." This book centers on the CIA mission to assassinate Cambodian Crown Prince Nordum Sihanouk, the author's unilateral aborting of the mission, the CIA's dispatch of an ARVN regiment to attack and destroy the camp and kill every person in it as retribution for defying the agency, and the dramatic rescue of eight American Green Berets and hundreds of South Vietnamese.
Author Biography: Daniel Marvin is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces and former Green Beret who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He lives in Cazenovia, New York.
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A reviewer, National Sales Manager, June 16, 2003,
Expendable Elite Excellent Book
Expendable Elite is an excellent book and is a very enlightening. I highly recommend you add this one to your collection.
April Oliver, a former journalist, now a lawyer, June 11, 2003,
Vivid Testimonial
Dan Marvin testifies vividly to the dangers inherent in covert ops, as well as the well-oiled cover-up machinery used to repress such accounts. His account here of the 'Expendable Elite' is supported by both detailed prose and an ample documentary appendix. Marvin now crusades for public awareness of such repressed historic events. My bet is the mainstream press will ignore this book as simply too 'hot' to handle. But those familiar with special ops should read this vivid account with great interest. It is an important firsthand testimonial regarding a 'plausibly deniable' assignment. Such missions are designed to be officially denied forever, and are very difficult to confirm through the traditional chain of command. It takes courage for individuals such as Dan Marvin to step forward to set the record straight with his interesting personal testimony.
Also recommended: Into the Buzzsaw, Borjesson Abuse Your Illusions, Russ Kick
A reviewer, one who enjoys truthful history, June 5, 2003,
Edge of the seat thriller
Amazing what our government does, withholds, and authorizes. Great insight into a controversial period of our history. Fit for anyone to read.
Kent Heiner, A reviewer, June 5, 2003,
A Truly Moving Book
We hear so much about how badly the United States handled the Vietnam conflict. There's a lot of that here, too, but what makes this book different is the contrasting story of what was done right. The US Army Special Forces (SF) - and LTC (then Captain) Marvin in particular - made us proud by respecting and caring for the people that the US was ostensibly allied with. It is tragic that their mission was discontinued in favor of sending an overwhelming number of Regular Army soldiers who were unwilling or unable to do the same. It is more tragic still that LTC Marvin's courageous stand nearly resulted in so many deaths ordered by a command structure out of touch either with reality, justice, or both. This is a compelling book which I read in just 2 or 3 sittings. I lent it to a Vietnam SF veteran and he could hardly put it down until he finished it.
Robert Logan, A reviewer, June 5, 2003,
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...
Marvin shows both courage and a certain naievete about the war and the role he played in it. To take on the CIA and to dictate to the White House was one side of his story and fighting the Vietcong and protecting his own Hoa Hao soldiers was the other. Was it folly? Perhaps. Was it courageos? Most certainly. EE takes us into the riverbanks and swamps of Vietnam. After a few pages, you begin to feel and smell it.
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