Blue Dragon - Reckoning in the South China Sea (Paperback)

~ R. Thomas Collins (Author)

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Blue Dragon - Reckoning in the South China Sea, an account of the effort by Mobil to return to Vietnam, is a behind the scenes account of a politically sensitive oil project that many believed would be a key to the political balance of power in the South East Asia.

About the Author

R. Thomas Collins has worked in journalism and public affairs for more than 30 years, as a reporter, lobbyist and oil industry manager. Collins has been a writer and editor for hire, written several novels and currently edits the blog Quillnews.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Ravensyard Publishing (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1928928056
• ISBN-13: 978-1928928058
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,027,155 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Dragon, November 29, 2002

By	Douglas H. Kalajian (Boynton Beach, FL Boynton Beach, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

As a college student in the late '60s, R. Thomas Collins Jr. felt torn over Vietnam. Would he enlist or resist? He never had to choose. He flunked his draft physical because of a pustule on his rump.
A quarter century later, he finds himself in a Hanoi hotel room struggling with the ghosts of war. Now a Mobil public relations executive, Collins is on the front line of the battle for drilling rights along the shore of America's former enemy. He finds the waters of Southeast Asia remain treacherous, the political currents swift and unpredictable -- and that's before all hell breaks loose when a reporter leaks word of the secret negotiations. Collins soon discovers that the passions of a long-ago war remain strong on both sides of the Pacific.
In Blue Dragon, Collins has gathered up all the ingredients of a first-rate political thriller, but he gets no credit for imagination: It's all true. Collins, a former journalist, reports insightfully on this little-known coda to the war that helped shape his generation...