Death in the Highlands
«Finally, here it is: a detailed, carefully researched book about the siege at Plei Me Camp in October of 1965—the real beginning of America's war in Vietnam. A full regiment of North Vietnamese Army regulars had the 12 American Green Berets and their Montagnard allies in a death grip. This story has it all: the bravery and suffering of men in extreme peril and how they lived and died. Plei Me was the prelude to the bloody battles of the 1st Cavalry Division troopers in the nearby Ia Drang Valley just weeks later. Keith Saliba has done them all proud.»
Joseph L. Galloway, co-author of the New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, We
In the fall of 1965, the North Vietnamese Army launched its first major campaign against American forces, targeting, with 4,000 men, the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me in the Central Highlands, where about a dozen green berets were training a few hundred South Vietnamese troops. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Stackpole Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780811738811
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 15 x 23 cm
Anmeldelser
«Finally, here it is: a detailed, carefully researched book about the siege at Plei Me Camp in October of 1965—the real beginning of America's war in Vietnam. A full regiment of North Vietnamese Army regulars had the 12 American Green Berets and their Montagnard allies in a death grip. This story has it all: the bravery and suffering of men in extreme peril and how they lived and died. Plei Me was the prelude to the bloody battles of the 1st Cavalry Division troopers in the nearby Ia Drang Valley just weeks later. Keith Saliba has done them all proud.»
Joseph L. Galloway, co-author of the New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, We