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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McKenna, Thomas P. (1930-....)
Titre(s) : Kontum [Texte imprimé] : the battle to save South Vietnam / Thomas P. McKenna
Publication : Lexington (Ky.) : University Press of Kentucky, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-344 p., [16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Battles and campaigns
Lien à la collection : Battles and campaigns (Lexington, Ky.)
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 277-324. Index
In the spring of 1972, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in what became known as
the Easter Offensive. Almost all of the American forces had already withdrawn from
Vietnam except for a small group of American advisers to the South Vietnamese armed
forces. The 23rd ARVN Infantry Division and its American advisers were sent to defend
the provincial capital of Kontum in the Central Highlands. They were surrounded and
attacked by three enemy divisions with heavy artillery and tanks but, with the help
of air power, managed to successfully defend Kontum and prevent South Vietnam from
being cut in half and defeated. Although much has been written about the Vietnam War,
little of it addresses either the Easter Offensive or the Battle of Kontum. In Kontum:
The Battle to Save South Vietnam, Thomas P. McKenna fills this gap, offering the only
in-depth account available of this violent engagement. McKenna, a U.S. infantry lieutenant
colonel assigned as a military adviser to the 23rd Division, participated in the battle
of Kontum and combines his personal experiences with years of interviews and research
from primary sources to describe the events leading up to the invasion and the battle
itself. Kontum sheds new light on the actions of U.S. advisers in combat during the
Vietnam War. McKenna's book is not only an historical resource for America's most
controversial war but a personal story of valor and survival
Sujet(s) : Guerre du Vietnam (1961-1975)
Histoire militaire -- Kon Tum (Vietnam) -- 1945-1970
Indice(s) Dewey :
959.704 3 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Viêt-Nam - 1961-1975
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813165820 (br.). - ISBN 0813165822 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470310291
Notice n° :
FRBNF47031029
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
