Tunnels of Cu Chi A Harrowing Account of America's Tunnel Rats in the Underground Battlefields of Vietnam

Name: Tunnels of Cu Chi A Harrowing Account of America's Tunnel Rats in the Underground Battlefields of Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780891418696

ISBN-10: 0891418695

ISBN-13: 9780891418696

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Authors: Tom Mangold, John Penycate

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At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province to the edge of Saigon. In these burrows, the Viet Cong cached their weapons, tended their wounded, and prepared to strike. They had only one enemy: U.S. soldiers small and wiry enough to maneuver through the guerrillas' narrow domain. The brave souls who descended into these hellholes were known as "tunnel rats." Armed with only pistols and K-bar knives, these men inched their way through the steamy darkness where any number of horrors could be awaiting them-bullets, booby traps, a tossed grenade. Using firsthand accounts from men and women on both sides who fought and killed…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 4.21" wide x 6.64" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Tom Mangold has been a senior investigative reporter and war correspondent for BBC TV News and Current Affairs for thirty years and has won numerous awards for his work. He is the author of four bestselling books (THE FILE ON THE TSAR, THE TUNNELS OF CU CHI, COLD WARRIOR and PLAGUE WARS). He is married and lives in West London.