The Battle for Saigon

by Keith William Nolan

Book Overview

The 1968 Tet Offensive resulted in a devastating battle-field defeat for the Viet Cong. But, the Tet Offensive also marked the beginning of the end for the American war in Vietnam, and ultimately... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671522876
• ISBN13: 9780671522872
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

eye opener

Great book that tells the REAL story of how the US beat the stuffings out of the NVN and how the US left media twisted the facts.

Should be read by all small-unit leaders

This book gives an excellent tactical description of the fighting in and around Saigon during Tet. While many, many other books give a larger strategic sense to the whole Offensive, this book is very specific and useful to understanding what happened in SVN's capital. This book has another strength, too, in that its accounts of small-unit leaders in combat provide great lessons for future junior military leaders--especially for company command level and below. The one big drawback is that it has no tactical maps, just one big map of Saigon at the beginning of the book. Detailed maps would have been a great help while trying to decipher the textual descriptions of the fight. The author should take note of this for future revisions of this book.

This is what you didn't learn in school.....

Mr. Nolan is an incredible and invaluable cronicler of the Vietnam War. My father was at the Ton Son Nhut Airbase during the Tet. I now truly understand that battle; this is what you didn't learn in school. Since I read The Battle Of Saigon I have gone on to read The Magnificent Bastards and am in the proocess of reading Operation Buffalo. I strongly recomend reading Keith Nolan's books so you can learn what really happened in Vietnam. The Battle of Saigon is a must read. With respect, Kimberly E. Monahan

please tell me more about this battle of saigon

iam currently attending my english class, i am asked to do the oral presentation on this battle. please give me some more information and some more idea

This book could be used by student's learning about the war.

I was with C Troop 3rd Squardron 4th Cavalry from 1969-1970. I know most all the people written about, from this unit. It made me cry and it made me mad. C Troop has been in a lot of major battles from the begining of the war to the end. I do not remember any trooper from C Troop killing POW's. The trooper from B troop that reported this was wrong. C Troop had the largest battle losses of the Squadron. There is very little bull in this book. I do recommend this book for everybody. Nolan is a very good writer. Thank you Keit