Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam

by Thomas McKenna and Thomas McKenna

Book Overview

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 Almost all of the American forces had already withdrawn from Vietnam except for a small group of American advisers to the South Vietnamese armed forces.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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081313398X
• ISBN13: 9780813133980
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up