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Gunner's Glory
Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners
Written by Johnnie Clark
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
They were warriors, trained to fight,
dedicated to their country,
and determined to win.
At Guadalcanal, the Marine Corps’ machine gunners took everything the Japanese could throw at them in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II; their position was so hopeless that at one point they were given the... Read more >
Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners
Written by Johnnie Clark
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
They were warriors, trained to fight,
dedicated to their country,
and determined to win.
At Guadalcanal, the Marine Corps’ machine gunners took everything the Japanese could throw at them in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II; their position was so hopeless that at one point they were given the... Read more >
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Stalking the Vietcong
Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account
Written by Stuart Herrington
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
In a gripping memoir that reads like a spy novel, one man recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government, which thrived in the rural communities of South Vietnam.
Stuart A. Herrington was an American intelligence advisor assigned to root out the enemy in... Read more >
Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account
Written by Stuart Herrington
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
In a gripping memoir that reads like a spy novel, one man recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government, which thrived in the rural communities of South Vietnam.
Stuart A. Herrington was an American intelligence advisor assigned to root out the enemy in... Read more >
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We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Written by Lt. General Ha Moore and Joseph Galloway
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $18.00
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th... Read more >
Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Written by Lt. General Ha Moore and Joseph Galloway
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $18.00
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th... Read more >
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I Am a Soldier, Too
The Jessica Lynch Story
Written by Rick Bragg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.95
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Bragg lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known.
In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg let’s Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words--not the sensationalized ones... Read more >
The Jessica Lynch Story
Written by Rick Bragg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.95
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Bragg lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known.
In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg let’s Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words--not the sensationalized ones... Read more >
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Reds
McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America
Written by Ted Morgan
Format: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $16.95
In this landmark work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan examines the McCarthyite strain in American politics, from its origins in the period that followed the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Morgan argues that Senator Joseph McCarthy did not emerge in a vacuum—he was, rather, the most prominent in a long line... Read more >
McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America
Written by Ted Morgan
Format: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $16.95
In this landmark work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan examines the McCarthyite strain in American politics, from its origins in the period that followed the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Morgan argues that Senator Joseph McCarthy did not emerge in a vacuum—he was, rather, the most prominent in a long line... Read more >
Alexander
The Ambiguity of Greatness
Written by Guy Maclean Rogers
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2004
Price: $13.99
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god... Read more >
The Ambiguity of Greatness
Written by Guy Maclean Rogers
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2004
Price: $13.99
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god... Read more >
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Across the Dark Islands
The War in the Pacific
Written by Floyd W. Radike
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $6.99
ACROSS THE DARK ISLANDS
The War in the Pacific
Floyd W. Radike
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
“I remember sitting in a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the rain. The sergeant I shared the hole with shook his head and asked me: ‘What in the hell are we doing on this godforsaken island? Why don’t we... Read more >
The War in the Pacific
Written by Floyd W. Radike
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $6.99
ACROSS THE DARK ISLANDS
The War in the Pacific
Floyd W. Radike
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
“I remember sitting in a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the rain. The sergeant I shared the hole with shook his head and asked me: ‘What in the hell are we doing on this godforsaken island? Why don’t we... Read more >
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In For a Penny, In For a Pound
The Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber Command
Written by Howard Hewer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $19.00
The gripping story of the twentieth century’s greatest struggle in the modest voice of a Canadian teenager in the RAF.
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Howard Hewer dreamed of being the next Billy Bishop, of piloting Spitfires or Hurricanes over Europe. His dream was shattered when he was selected instead for a career as... Read more >
The Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber Command
Written by Howard Hewer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $19.00
The gripping story of the twentieth century’s greatest struggle in the modest voice of a Canadian teenager in the RAF.
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Howard Hewer dreamed of being the next Billy Bishop, of piloting Spitfires or Hurricanes over Europe. His dream was shattered when he was selected instead for a career as... Read more >
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Combat Officer
A Memoir of War in the South Pacific
Written by Charles Walker
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $7.99
TO HELL AND BACK
For the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On... Read more >
A Memoir of War in the South Pacific
Written by Charles Walker
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $7.99
TO HELL AND BACK
For the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On... Read more >
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The Mind of War
John Boyd and American Security
Written by Grant Hammond
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2004
Price: $17.95
The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformed American military policy and practice. A first-rate fighter pilot and a self-taught scholar, he wrote the first manual on jet aerial combat; spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force's premier fighters, the F-15 and the F-16; and shaped... Read more >
John Boyd and American Security
Written by Grant Hammond
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2004
Price: $17.95
The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformed American military policy and practice. A first-rate fighter pilot and a self-taught scholar, he wrote the first manual on jet aerial combat; spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force's premier fighters, the F-15 and the F-16; and shaped... Read more >
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The Battle of Mogadishu
First Hand Accounts From the Men of Task Force Ranger
Edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
“No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here’s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.”
–MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword)
It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight... Read more >
First Hand Accounts From the Men of Task Force Ranger
Edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
“No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here’s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.”
–MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword)
It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight... Read more >
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Down South
One Tour in Vietnam
Written by William Hardwick
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
“I was always happy to see first light.
By first light it was over . . . for a while.”
–from Down South
There were a lot of ways to get killed in Vietnam. You could get “zapped,” “dinged,” “burned,” “popped,” “smoked,” or “wasted.” Marine 2nd Lt. William H. Hardwick was familiar with all... Read more >
One Tour in Vietnam
Written by William Hardwick
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
“I was always happy to see first light.
By first light it was over . . . for a while.”
–from Down South
There were a lot of ways to get killed in Vietnam. You could get “zapped,” “dinged,” “burned,” “popped,” “smoked,” or “wasted.” Marine 2nd Lt. William H. Hardwick was familiar with all... Read more >
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Terrible Terry Allen
Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
Written by Gerald Astor
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $18.00
Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fearless battalion commander during World War I— personally leading patrols into no-man’s-land.
During World War II, following hard and successful combat in North Africa... Read more >
Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
Written by Gerald Astor
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $18.00
Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fearless battalion commander during World War I— personally leading patrols into no-man’s-land.
During World War II, following hard and successful combat in North Africa... Read more >
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abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Written by Lt. General Ha Moore and Joseph Galloway
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $7.99
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th... Read more >
Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Written by Lt. General Ha Moore and Joseph Galloway
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $7.99
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th... Read more >
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The Hill Fights
The First Battle of Khe Sanh
Written by Edward F. Murphy
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $7.99
While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a... Read more >
The First Battle of Khe Sanh
Written by Edward F. Murphy
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $7.99
While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a... Read more >
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All the Way to Berlin
A Paratrooper at War in Europe
Written by James Megellas
Read by Richard M. Davidson
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.48
In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France... Read more >
A Paratrooper at War in Europe
Written by James Megellas
Read by Richard M. Davidson
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.48
In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France... Read more >
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Mekong First Light
An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam
Written by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell
December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in... Read more >
An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam
Written by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell
December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in... Read more >
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Mekong First Light
Written by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
Read by Richard Ferrone
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $6.95
“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell
December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in... Read more >
Written by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
Read by Richard Ferrone
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $6.95
“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell
December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in... Read more >
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No Bended Knee
The Battle for Guadalcanal
Written by Merrill B. Twining
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
“A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War II’s Pacific theater.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“By reading and studying No Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and... Read more >
The Battle for Guadalcanal
Written by Merrill B. Twining
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
“A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War II’s Pacific theater.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“By reading and studying No Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and... Read more >
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Terrible Terry Allen
Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier
Written by Gerald Astor
Read by Reathel Bean
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $6.95
Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In... Read more >
Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier
Written by Gerald Astor
Read by Reathel Bean
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $6.95
Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In... Read more >
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All the Way to Berlin
A Paratrooper at War in Europe
Written by James Megellas
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $7.99
In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France... Read more >
A Paratrooper at War in Europe
Written by James Megellas
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $7.99
In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France... Read more >
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A Life in a Year
The American Infantryman in Vietnam
Written by James Ebert
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $7.99
This provocative in-depth book focuses on the experiences of the infantry soldier in Vietnam. More than 60 Army and Marine Corps infantrymen speak of their experiences during their year-long tours of duty. Read more >
The American Infantryman in Vietnam
Written by James Ebert
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $7.99
This provocative in-depth book focuses on the experiences of the infantry soldier in Vietnam. More than 60 Army and Marine Corps infantrymen speak of their experiences during their year-long tours of duty. Read more >
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Memoirs of a Breton Peasant
Written by Jean-Marie Deguignet
Edited by Bernez Rouz
Translated by Linda Asher
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $27.95
A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards... Read more >
Written by Jean-Marie Deguignet
Edited by Bernez Rouz
Translated by Linda Asher
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $27.95
A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards... Read more >
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Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne
Written by Larry Chambers
Read by Brian Hallas
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $6.95
Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-only training program in Nha Tarng to be part of the 5th Special Forces Recondo School, the hair-raising graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers... Read more >
Written by Larry Chambers
Read by Brian Hallas
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $6.95
Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-only training program in Nha Tarng to be part of the 5th Special Forces Recondo School, the hair-raising graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers... Read more >
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West Dickens Avenue
A Marine at Khe Sanh
Written by John Corbett
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the... Read more >
A Marine at Khe Sanh
Written by John Corbett
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $7.99
In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
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