Author:
McKenna, Thomas P., 1930-
Imprint:Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.
Descriptionxvi, 344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Autumn in the highlands, 1971 -- Fighting in Phu Nhon -- A hundred tons of bombs -- The looming threat -- The year of the rat -- The North Vietnamese invasion -- Attacking in An Khe Pass -- Our firebases fall -- The collapse at Tan Canh -- A debacle at Dak To -- A New team for the defense -- Closing in on Kontum -- Cut off and surrounded -- Tanks attacking! -- Struggling to hold it together -- "Brother, this is going to be it!" -- "You are going to be overrun" -- The dirty job of killing -- All over but the shooting? -- Finishing the job.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-324) and index.
