| Description |
xxi, 551 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Marc Jaffe book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-506) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Encounter: The dreamscape ; Setting the stage -- 2. The anthropology of death: Tribal villagers and Lowland Vietnamese ; Spooks in a spooky place (1965-1966) ; Virginia (1966) -- 3. "One of the busiest places around" (1966-1967): Marines come to Khe Sanh (1966) ; Patrols in the wilderness ; Action on Hill 861 -- 4. "These hills called Khe Sanh" (1967): "Why don't you use the tunnel?" ; The first Lang Vei attack ; "We could sit on our chairs and watch the jets" -- 5. The advent of the 26th Marines (Summer 1967): Not Hell, but still a very small place ; Studies and Observation Group ; Attack on the Aerie ; "Operations there should be at lease a battalion size" -- 6. To some a fortress (Summer-Fall 1967): Practice Nine ; "Vietnam really isn't so bad" ; The isolation of Khe Sanh ; "Thank God for letting me be a CAC Marine" ; Seventy-seven pounds of bricks ; "Every one of them as tough as nails" ; "Escalatory action against the out-of-country sanctuaries" -- 7. Boxing in darkness (1967-1968): "How good do you have to be to get into heaven?" ; Faces in the rain ; Preparations ; "Aggressive hardening measures" ; Prelude to battle -- 8. Contact: "They're shooting at us!" ; Secondary explosions ; Death in the village -- 9. "Khe Sanh already shows signs of battle": Shadows across the battlefield ; "Wars are won by one guy beating the other guy" ; "I don't want any Dinbinphoo!" ; "To prompt me to consider resigning" ; "When my bad dreams started" -- 10. The fall of Lang Vei: A view to a kill ; "I've got a tank sitting on top of my bunker!" ; After the fall -- 11. The Khe Sanh shuffle: Battles in Saigon and Washington ; Life on the line ; "The main ground contest remains to be fought" -- 12. No place to go: The Ghost patrol ; Khe Sanh 207 Red -- The winged horse: No siege today ; Along Route 9 ; "Get on line in classic Marine fashion -- 14. Then is now. |
| Subject |
Khe Sanh, 2nd Battle of, Vietnam, 1968.
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United States. Army.
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| Added Author |
Stubbe, Ray W.
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| ISBN |
0395550033: $29.95 |
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