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Expendable Warriors: The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War
Bruce Clarke
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Description for Expendable Warriors: The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 b/w photos & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
On January 21, 1968, nine days before the Tet Offensive, thousands of North Vietnamese regulars attacked the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh in remote northwestern South Vietnam, beginning a siege that ended seventy-seven days later in a tactical victory for the U.S. As a young U.S. Army officer serving with the Marines at the outpost, Bruce Clarke participated in the entire battle. His book combines firsthand experiences with archival research to describe the saga of Khe Sanh, which ended with the U.S.'s abandonment of the base, making it the heartbreaking and controversial symbol of American involvement in Vietnam.
On January 21, 1968, nine days before the Tet Offensive, thousands of North Vietnamese regulars attacked the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh in remote northwestern South Vietnam, beginning a siege that ended seventy-seven days later in a tactical victory for the U.S. As a young U.S. Army officer serving with the Marines at the outpost, Bruce Clarke participated in the entire battle. His book combines firsthand experiences with archival research to describe the saga of Khe Sanh, which ended with the U.S.'s abandonment of the base, making it the heartbreaking and controversial symbol of American involvement in Vietnam.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811735377
SKU
V9780811735377
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About Bruce Clarke
Col. Bruce B. G. Clarke, USA (Ret.), a graduate of West Point and UCLA, was director of national security studies at the U.S. Army War College in the early 1990s. He is also the author of Conflict Termination. He lives in Fullerton, California.
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