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The Compassionate Tiger
A story of the warring sects of south Viet Nam.
The CAO-DAI (cow-die) – Religious fanatice of Viet Name and Cambodia, worshiping Mohammed, Sun Yat-sen, Jesus Christ, and Victor Hugo by means of ouija boards and dragon Temples. Let by self-styled "Pope," commanding fully equipped modern infantry divisions.
HOA-HAO (wa-how) – Blod-worshiping guerrillas, marked by the brutality of consecration rites and long hair—to grow until the Premier-President of Viet Nam, Ngo-dinh-Diem, is murdered.
BINH ZUYEN (bin-zwin) – A pirate business syndicate dontrolling the city of Saigon;s Port Authority, police and "Four Vices"—prostitution, gampling, opium and alcohol. Politically connected with Vietnamese interests in France. Supported by private army and navy.
VIETMINH (vee-et-ming) – Ho Chi Min guerrillas. Formerly rice farmers and fishermen, armed by the Red Chinese. Bunkered strategically along the coast and interior of South Viet Nam.
Hunton Downs, ex-Consul, Foreign Service officer (USIS), Lt. Col. U.S. Army, foreign correspondent and author. He has travelled throughout South Vietnam by foot, boat and jeep, convered war sones as a correspondent, and made extensive trips to North Thailand, the Burmese border and Laos. He spent eight years gathering the factual material on which this incredible adventure is based!
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