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Swift Boats at War in Vietnam
Engelsk Hardback
Swift Boats at War in Vietnam
Engelsk Hardback

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LIFE AND DEATH ON THE WATER . . . STORIES FROM THE MEN WHO FOUGHT THE VIETNAM WAR ON THE COAST AND IN THE MEKONG DELTADeveloped specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft “big enough to outrun anything they couldn’t outfight” but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. The stories in this book cover the Swift Boats’ early years, which saw search-and-inspect operations in Vietnam’s coastal waters, and their later years, when the Swift Boats'' mission shifted to the Mekong Delta’s labyrinth of 3,000 miles of rivers, streams, and canals. This is an intimate, exciting oral history of Swift Boats at war in Vietnam.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
344
ISBN-13:
9780811719599
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0811719596
Udg. Dato:
1 jul 2017
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
159mm
Højde:
236mm
Forlag:
Stackpole Books
Oplagsdato:
1 jul 2017
Forfatter(e):
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