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South Viet Nam's sprawling Mekong Delta is a military planner's nightmare. May-to-October monsoon rains churn the paddyfields into oceans of viscous slop that bogs down troopers and tanks alike. But for all its unpleasant mud, the Delta is far too vital to be ignored. It is the home of one-third of South Viet Nam's 16.5 million people, produces fully one-half of the country's food. It is also infested with Viet Cong. As long as the U.S. has concentrated most of its military muscle in other areas...
BATTLES IN THE MONSOON, by S.L.A. Marshall. A rapid-fire account of a summer's campaigning in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, this book by Brigadier General "Slam" Marshall brings the red visage of war into close-up focus...
BATTLES IN THE MONSOON, by S.L.A. Marshall. Brigadier General "Slam" Marshall's thorough familiarity with the red visage of war produces a telling account of its Vietnamese aspect during one bloody campaign in the summer...
BATTLES IN THE MONSOON, by S.L.A. Marshall. A campaign chronicle (summer 1966) punctuated by booby traps, firefights and personal courage that gives deep meaning to the Viet...
BATTLES IN THE MONSOON by S.LA. Marshall. 408 pages. Morrow...