Death in the Highlands : The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0811738817
ISBN-13
9780811738811
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Imprint
Stackpole Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2020
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
536 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 19.10 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Military historyVietnam War
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Based on archival research and interviews with veterans, Saliba covers the battle for Plei Me camp in close, vivid, and very human detail. He also gives careful attention to the strategic picture and shows how this clash laid the groundwork for the Battle of Ia Drang.
In the fall of 1965, the North Vietnamese Army launched its first major campaign against American forces, targeting, with 4,000 men, the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me in the Central Highlands, where about a dozen green berets were training a few hundred South Vietnamese troops. In response, the U.S. choppered in a relief force of elite soldiers from Project Delta under legendary Chargin’ Charlie Beckwith and dropped an unprecedented million pounds of munitions just yards from the camp’s perimeter. The camp held out, but operations in the area continued. Within weeks, the Battle of Ia Drang broke out, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and North Vietnamese regulars. Based on archival research and interviews with veterans, Saliba covers the battle for Plei Me camp in close, vivid, and very human detail. He also gives careful attention to the strategic picture and shows how this clash laid the groundwork for the Battle of Ia Drang.
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