Into Laos: The Story of Dewey Canyon Ii/Lam Son 719, Vietnam 1971 - Hardcover

Nolan, Keith William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891412476 ISBN 13: 9780891412472

Publisher: Presidio Pr, 1986

Synopsis

An eyewitness account of the last major operation the Americans fought in Vietnam, focusing on the soldiers as individuals and on the previously neglected aspects of the battles that were not reported by the press

About this title

From Library Journal:

Nolan's first book of Vietnam War history, Battle For Hue (LJ 3/13/84) had many flaws: confused action, emphasis on gruesome detail, and poor overview. This work, with its comprehensive command history, clear action, and vivid but humane narrative, has none of those. The first all-South Vietnamese offensive into Laos in early 1971 produced both an interruption of Northern buildups and a test of Vietnamization of the war, but despite a 10-to-1 casualty ratio and tons of captured supplies was seen to be so savage and damaging to the South and to American support forces that much of the military and the press deemed it a defeat. Nolan's arguments that it had positive effects are well presented and convincing. A powerful and thoughtful history of a neglected action. Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Presidio Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0891412476
• ISBN 13: 9780891412472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408