The ambassador - Morris West

CRISIS: The bitter and bloody military crisis of South Vietnam; the crisis of Western diplomacy in the Far East; the personal crisis of a United States ambassador who, in moral confusion and tortured by self-doubt, is made arbiter of his nation's destiny, and of life and death for the ruling house of Vietnam.

His unenviable task is made more difficult by the insidious activities of the CIA, of Mel Adams, his liberal progressive aide, and Anne Beldon, the secretary he grows to love...

Like its distinguished and best-selling predecessors, 'The Ambassador' is the fruit of long research and intimate experience by the author. it brings into sharp, startling focus the moral and political dilemmas of today. It is a  challenge, as the world's future is shaped in the deltas and paddy fields of South-East Asia.