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Death in the Highlands

The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me
  • ISBN-13: 9780811738811
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
  • By J. Saliba
  • Price: AUD $60.99
  • Stock: 2 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 28/04/2021
  • Format: Hardback (235.00mm X 158.00mm) 320 pages Weight: 538g
  • Categories: Military history [HBW]
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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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