An inside account of the South Vietnamese elites who strove to carry on the war against the Communists during the U.S. Army's withdrawal. This book is a memoir of the author's service as a US Army advisor during the end-stages of America's involvement in Vietnam. The role of the small US advisory teams is fully explained in the narrative.
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An inside account of the South Vietnamese elites who strove to carry on the war against the Communists during the U.S. Army's withdrawal. This book is a memoir of the author's service as a US Army advisor during the end-stages of America's involvement in Vietnam. The role of the small US advisory teams is fully explained in the narrative.
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New. Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC. New. An inside account of the South Vietnamese elites who strove to carry on the war against the Communists during the U.S. Army s withdrawal...The book is a personal memoir of the author s service as a US Army advisor during the end-stages of America s involvement in Vietnam. During the period 1970 71, the US was beginning to draw down its combat forces, and the new watchword was Vietnamization. It was the period when the will of the US to prosecute the war had slipped, and transferring responsibility to the South Vietnamese was the only remaining hope for victory. The units that the author advised spearheaded several campaigns in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, as the US combat units withdrew. Often outnumbered and outgunned, the elite ranger and airborne units fought Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units in some of the most difficult terrain in Southeast Asia. The role of the small US advisory teams is fully explained in the narrative. With little support from higher headquarters, these teams accompanied the Vietnamese units on highly dangerous combat operations over which they had no command or control authority. When US advisors were restricted from accompanying South Vietnamese forces on cross-border operations in Cambodia and especially Laos, the South Vietnamese forces were badly mauled, raising concerns about their readiness and training, and their ability to operate without their US advisors. As a result, a major effort was placed on training these forces while the clock continued to run on the US withdrawal. 2009. HARDCOVER.
