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"Previously published under the title 'The end of the line : the siege of Khe Sanh'"--Title page verso.;Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index.;The curtain rises -- Westmoreland -- In the time before the war -- "Here they come!" -- "I don't want any damn Dinbinfoo" -- Giap -- The Tet Offensive -- Bitter little battles -- Life in the V-ring -- The false finish -- One more time -- The curtain falls -- Body counts -- Judgments. "A war correspondent's . . . account of the Battle of Khe Sanh, reissued with a new preface by Mark Bowden for the battle's 50th anniversary. The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was the largest, most intense battle of the Vietnam War. For 6,000 trapped U.S. Marines, it was a nightmare; for President Lyndon Johnson, an obsession. For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of technological weaponry. . . . Robert Pisor's . . . narrative of the action at Khe Sanh is a timely reminder of the human cost of war, and a visceral portrait of the turning point for American involvement in Vietnam"--Provided by publisher.

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