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Swift Boats at War in Vietnam
Guy Gugliotta
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Description for Swift Boats at War in Vietnam
Hardback. Editor(s): Gugliotta, Guy; Yeoman, John; Sullaway, Neva. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 27 black & white halftones, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Developed specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft big enough to outrun anything they couldn't outfight but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. ... Read more
Developed specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft big enough to outrun anything they couldn't outfight but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811719599
SKU
V9780811719599
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Guy Gugliotta
GUY GUGLIOTTA, a former Swift Boat officer, worked for more than forty years as correspondent and columnist for UPI, the Miami Herald, and The Washington Post. He is coauthor of Kings of Cocaine and author of Freedom's Cap. Gugliotta was awarded three Bronze Stars. He lives in New York City. JOHN YEOMAN was the skipper of PCF ... Read more
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