Marshalling the Faithful The Marines' First Year in Vietnam

Name: Marshalling the Faithful The Marines' First Year in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780425209974

ISBN-10: 0425209970

ISBN-13: 9780425209974

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles Henderson

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First time in trade paperback, from the bestselling author of Marine Sniperand Goodnight, Saigon. In 1965, the U.S. Marines landed in Vietnam. It was supposed to be just another deployment. America was going to do what the French could not: clean up that dirty little brush war in South Vietnam. But the Marines were experiencing a brand-new sort of enemy-the guerrilla fighter.That year, the war's carnage became frighteningly real to television audiences back home-but the Marines were already displaying the fighting courage of experienced heroes. They had quickly learned the first rule of combat: kill or be killed. With the explosive firepower of his military classics Marine Sniperand…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.01" wide x 8.99" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Vietnam's War: Why America Joined the Fight



Noises in the Wire



... Then Turn Left



Learning Guerrilla



First Firefight



Going After Charlie



Going South



Back to Cam Ne: Zippos and CBS News



Hunting Charlie



Cornering Charlie



Starlite



Charlie Regroups



Mad Dogs and Riverines



Round-Eyed Charlie



Birdwatcher



B.C.'s Beer Bust


Acknowledgments


Bibliography