Download or read book A Shroud of Torments written by Daniel Masters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military defeat in Indo-China leads to the downfall of the French government. Pierre Mendes-France assumes the role of Prime Minister, but his Cabinet is riddled with Communists in sensitive ministries of the government. Acting on orders from Moscow, these men steer French policy in an strongly anti-NATO direction; the CIA, acting in concert with conservative members of the French Army tries unsuccessfully to eliminate the Communist faction but draws NATO into a larger conflict with the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, as America's attention is focused on the deteriorating situation in Europe, the Chinese and North Koreans (with Soviet support) set out to re-ignite the Korean War.