{"product_id":"the-fifth-special-forces-in-the-valleys-of-vietnam-1967-9781476690209","title":"The Fifth Special Forces in the Valleys of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by General Henry Hugh Shelton 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: In the A Shau Valley 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I—My Road to A Shau 11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II—Vietnam 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword 217\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 221\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouglas Coulter Military Service History 229\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867278651735,"sku":"9781476690209","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fifth-special-forces-in-the-valleys-of-vietnam-1967-9781476690209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}