Voices of Courage; The Battle for Khe Sanh, Vietnam
New York, N.Y. Bulfinch Press, 2005. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 9.5 inches. [6], 186 pages. Includes two Audio CDS, with oral histories from Khe Sanh veterans. Foreword, Introduction, 11 Chapters, Epilogue, and Acknowledgments. Also includes 124 black-and-white photographs. Glossary. Notes. Photo Credits. Against a superior enemy force bent on their annihilation, six thousand Marines held the remote Khe Sanh Combat Base, and emerged victorious from the most important battle of the Vietnam war. The author urges a long overdue recognition of the stunning fortitude displayed by Marines and other members of the U.S. Armed Forces at Khe Sanh, which promises to reshape the way we remember the Americans who fought for their nation in Vietnam. Ron Drez is a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War and a former Captain of Marines. He is an award-winning, best-selling author and commander. He is President of Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours having served both as friend and associate of the distinguished, late historian. He has written many articles for military history magazines and is a contributing author and editor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica web site for its Normandy feature. Over twenty years of leading the Eisenhower Center’s oral history project has brought this distinguished author into contact with the veterans of WWII. Of note was his initial discovery and interviews with the “Band of Brothers” which he chronicled in a special edition of WWII magazine entitled, Finding the Band of Brothers. Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Stephen Ambrose, Brinkley's mentor at the University of New Orleans, called Brinkley "the best of the new generation of American historians." Brinkley and Ambrose had co-authored three books. Patrick Reardon of the Chicago Tribune called Brinkley America's "new past master." In addition, during the 2013 inauguration coverage, CNN referred to him as "a man who knows more about the presidency than just about any human being alive." The story of one of the most heroic efforts in American military history - a 77-day struggle in early 1968 for the remote Khe Sanh combat base, during which 6,000 perilously isolated marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force. Drawing on a vast archive of recorded interviews and written material collected over the past twenty years by Ronald J. Drez and the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans, Voices of Courage has a narrative written by Drez and Brinkley that interweaves testimonials from the soldiers into a gripping account of every aspect of the battle. The book also includes two audio CDs - 120 minutes of recordings in total - that allows readers to hear expanded accounts from the veterans in their own voices, introduced by legendary screen actor Stephen Lang. The din of political and social controversy surrounding the Vietnam War has often drowned out the voices of the soldiers who fought there. For the first time through this unique multimedia format, American soldiers will tell their stories from Vietnam. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Vietnam War, Khe Sanh, Route 9, Hill 881N, Lang Vie, Outpost Alpha, Encirclement, Listening Post
ISBN: 0821261967
[Book #80025]
Price: $75.00