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Size: Octavo

Size: Octavo

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

8vo. [11], xii-xvi, [7], 4-412 pp. Quarter green cloth over brown paper boards with a decoration in blind on the front board, silver lettering on the spine. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with eight double-sided plates of black and white photographs, a few maps, and a photograph on the title page. The harrowing history of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War, complete with interviews of the men who were on the ground during the engagement. A small concavity to the spine and a touch of foxing to the top textblock; jacket has a few hints of edge wear and a small scratch on its rear panel.

8vo. 24cm x 15.5cm. Publisher's printed card wraps, some scuffing to the laminate here and there but otherwise a near fine copy. 402pp. Internally clean. Black and white charts and diagrams to prelims. A calm, informed, nothing held back account of one the most influential battles of the early stages of the Vietnam conflict. Moore and Galloway, both present for the events of the book, Moore in command, and Galloway as a correspondent, recount step by step the progress of the battle; the first major engagement of the war, the first to extensively use helicopters to drop troops and equipment into battle, and the first engagment to utilise B-25 bombers as air support. Galloway describes Ia Drang as "The battle that convinced Ho Chi Minh he could win.", although that had little to do with the fighting ability of the 7th Cavalry, and more to do with the swift tactics lessons the battle offered, and the realisation that the US could take, but not hold, fight, but not pursue, and they could destroy, but only what was on the surface. It changed the course of the conflict for both sides, and took many prior strategic techniques back to the drawing board. Uncorrected proofs of this title are quite scarce.