Voices of courage: the battle for Khe Sanh, Vietnam
"Voices of Courage: The Battle for Khe Sanh, Vietnam tells the story of one of the most heroic efforts in American military history--a seventy-seven-day struggle in early 1968 for the remote Khe Sanh Combat Base--during which six thousand perilously isolated Marines withstood the onslaught of a...
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Bulfinch
2005
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Voices of Courage: The Battle for Khe Sanh, Vietnam tells the story of one of the most heroic efforts in American military history--a seventy-seven-day struggle in early 1968 for the remote Khe Sanh Combat Base--during which six thousand perilously isolated Marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Beschreibung: | 186 S. zahlr. Ill., Kt. 2 CDs (12 cm) |
| ISBN: | 0821261967 |
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Against a superior enemy force bent on their annihi¬
lation, six thousand Marines held the remote Khe Sank
Combat Base amd emerged victorious from the most
important battle of the Vietnam War. The fact that their
effort was ignored by their president, the press, the
television reporters, and the American people makes
this new history from bestselling authors Ronald J. Drez
and Douglas Brinkley even more important. Finally,
through this unique multimedia format, the voices of
Khe Sank veterans are collected and heard, providing
readers an intimate look at, and new appreciation for,
the courage of the Marines and other servicemen who
On the strength of soldiers firsthand testimonials,
Drez and Brinkley deliver gripping battle accoumts
that follow Marines into their foxholes and bunkers
during seemingly unending volleys of incoming rocket
and mortar fire, and into hamd-to-hamd combat as they
struggle to hold their limes during fierce enemy ground
attacks. Two sixty-iainule audio CDs feature testimonials
and interviews from Khe Sank veterans, many conducted
within days of Ike actions they recall. Contexlualized
amid the political and social controversy thai surrounded
the Vietnam War, Voices of Courage stands as a tribute
to the Marines who fougkt at Khe Samh and reshapes
the way we remember all of the soldiers who answered
Iheir nation s call to duty and fought with honor and
I
e
Voices of Courage: The Baithfm Khe Sank, Vietnam tells the story of oae of the most heroic
military history
which six thousand perilously isolated Marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force.
Drawing on a vast archive of recorded interviews, ana written Material eoUected over the past twenty years by
Ronald j. Drez and the Eisenhower Ceaater for Americas Studies at the university of New Orleans, authors
battle, interwoven with testimonials
Featuring two
valoróos
of the stumaimg
Armed Forces at Khe
the Americans who fought for their nation in Vietnam.
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Against a superior enemy force bent on their annihi¬
lation, six thousand Marines held the remote Khe Sank
Combat Base amd emerged victorious from the most
important battle of the Vietnam War. The fact that their
effort was "ignored by their president, the press, the
television reporters, and the American people" makes
this new history from bestselling authors Ronald J. Drez
and Douglas Brinkley even more important. Finally,
through this unique multimedia format, the voices of
Khe Sank veterans are collected and heard, providing
readers an intimate look at, and new appreciation for,
the courage of the Marines and other servicemen who
On the strength of soldiers' firsthand testimonials,
Drez and Brinkley deliver gripping battle accoumts
that follow Marines into their foxholes and bunkers
during seemingly unending volleys of incoming rocket
and mortar fire, and into hamd-to-hamd combat as they
struggle to hold their limes during fierce enemy ground
attacks. Two sixty-iainule audio CDs feature testimonials
and interviews from Khe Sank veterans, many conducted
within days of Ike actions they recall. Contexlualized
amid the political and social controversy thai surrounded
the Vietnam War, Voices of Courage stands as a tribute
to the Marines who fougkt at Khe Samh and reshapes
the way we remember all of the soldiers who answered
Iheir nation's call to duty and fought with honor and
I
e
Voices of Courage: The Baithfm Khe Sank, Vietnam tells the story of oae of the most heroic
military history
which six thousand perilously isolated Marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force.
Drawing on a vast archive of recorded interviews, ana written Material eoUected over the past twenty years by
Ronald j. Drez and the Eisenhower Ceaater for Americas Studies at the university of New Orleans, authors
battle, interwoven with testimonials
Featuring two
valoróos
of the stumaimg
Armed Forces at Khe
the Americans who fought for their nation in Vietnam. |
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