Vietnam Spook Show [Mass Market Paperback]

Wayne Care (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (July 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804103720
• ISBN-13: 978-0804103725
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,428,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an accurate portrayal of the disposable nature of spooks, March 29, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Vietnam Spook Show (Mass Market Paperback)

Vietnam Spook Show is exactly the type of book that the NSA (National Security Agency) would like to ban, and it no doubt gave the NSG (Naval Security Group) fits as well. It's an incisive look into the lonely, stressed and twisted life style that Cryptologic Technicians (Interpretive) suffer through, from their days in language school through the high stress experience of invisible responsibility for others' lives at the end of a passive radio link.

Set in in the era of Vietnam, it is a timeless story of how the intelligence community eats it's young and disposes of the remains in unmarked graves. I read this book in one sitting, and several other "ex-spooks" I know did the same. Wayne Care is one of us, and he speaks for all of us. If you, or someone you love, has had a hard time dealing with the reality of a post intelligence life, this book might just offer the insight a civilian therapist needs to help them.

Well written, wry and extraordinarily moving in it's grasp of what "in the weeds" intelligence collection does to the collectors, this book is a must read for potential spooks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY Uncle's Book, May 13, 2003

By 

"popstar02" (Berea Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam Spook Show (Mass Market Paperback)

My Uncle wrote this book when I was 7 or 8 perhaps. I finally read the book an dit makes me realize what he went through. I have been looking for another copy of this book. Thank you to everyone who has read the book. His dream was to one day have a book published and he did it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam Spool Show gets it right, April 7, 2009

By 

Alex Darby "Underwayood" (Christiansburg, VA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Vietnam Spook Show (Mass Market Paperback)

If you want a glimpse into Navy life, this book fills that need in spades. From the vocabulary to the playing of tricks on shipmates one can see how sailors in general and Intel folks in particular deal with the stress of war. I hope the author will consider writing another novel. I was enthralled from start to finish.