Siege of Khe Sanh: The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle

Awarcorrespondent’smasterfulblow-by-blowaccountoftheBattleofKheSanh,reissuedwithanewprefacebyMarkBowdenforthebattle’s50thanniversary.Thesix-monthsiegeofKheSanhin1968wasthelargest,mostintensebattleoftheVietnamWar.ForsixthousandtrappedU.S.Marines,itwasanightmare;forPresidentJohnson,anobsession.ForGeneralWestmoreland,itwastobethefinalvindicationoftechnologicalweaponry;forGeneralGiap,architectoftheFrenchdefeatatDienBienPhu,itwasaspectacularrusemaskingtroopsmovingsouthfortheTetoffensive.WithanewintroductionbyMarkBowden―best-sellingauthorofHu?1968―RobertPisor’simmersivenarrativeoftheactionatKheSanhisatimelyreminderofthehumancostofwar,andavisceralportraitofVietnam’sfiercestandmostepicclose-quartersbattle.ReadersmayfindthepoliticsandthetacticsoftheVietnamWar,astheyplayedoutatKheSahnfiftyyearsago,echoedinournation’sglobalincursionstoday.RobertPisorsetsforththehistory,thepolitics,thestrategies,and,aboveall,thedesperaterealityofthebattlethatbecametheturningpointofU.S.involvementinVietnam.