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In 1966, U.S. Army Special Forces were pushed out of the A Shau Valley by the North Vietnamese Army. In 1967, Douglas Coulter, serving with the Fifth Special Forces Group, led five-man reconnaissance teams into A Shau to discover whether NVA and Viet Cong troops were marshalling for an attack on the ancient city of Hue. His clear-eyed memoir recalls nighttime helicopter insertions and deep-jungle patrols miles behind enemy lines, and reflects on the cruel narcissism of U.S. moral and military superiority as the underlying cause of the Vietnam War.



Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments viii
  • Foreword by General Henry Hugh Shelton 1
  • Preface 5
  • Prologue: In the A Shau Valley 7
  • Part I—My Road to A Shau 11
  • Part II—Vietnam 29
  • Afterword 217
  • Appendix 221
  • Douglas Coulter Military Service History 229
  • Index 231

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781476690209, 978-1476690209
      ISBN10: 1476690200

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In 1966, U.S. Army Special Forces were pushed out of the A Shau Valley by the North Vietnamese Army. In 1967, Douglas Coulter, serving with the Fifth Special Forces Group, led five-man reconnaissance teams into A Shau to discover whether NVA and Viet Cong troops were marshalling for an attack on the ancient city of Hue. His clear-eyed memoir recalls nighttime helicopter insertions and deep-jungle patrols miles behind enemy lines, and reflects on the cruel narcissism of U.S. moral and military superiority as the underlying cause of the Vietnam War.



      Table of Contents
      • Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments viii
      • Foreword by General Henry Hugh Shelton 1
      • Preface 5
      • Prologue: In the A Shau Valley 7
      • Part I—My Road to A Shau 11
      • Part II—Vietnam 29
      • Afterword 217
      • Appendix 221
      • Douglas Coulter Military Service History 229
      • Index 231

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