Background to Betrayal: The Tragedy of Vietnam (The Americanist Library)

Belmont, MA: Western Islands, 1965. First edition. First edition. 292 pp. with 16 pages of photos. Near Fine, lightly shelf worn with faint soiling to wraps, former owner's stamp on top edge. Stamp of Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade on front free endpaper. Uncommon in the trade. The sole full-length book by American mercenary, journalist, spy, and pilot Hilaire du Berrier (1906-2002), a conservative critique of U.S. policy towards Vietnam, published before the draft and resulting opposition to the war galvanized the American Left in the late '60s. It was published by the John Birch Society, a conservative, antiglobalist group founded by candymaker Robert Welch; du Berrier would write for their journals for most of his life. (Inventory #: 140947490)