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Meticulous research and judicious use of primary sources ground this superb study. . . . Current policy-makers and military planners should read this book for its hard-learned lessons, poignantly conveyed.--Naval Institute ProceedingsA good read and a valuable addition to the scholarship on the Vietnam War.--On Point This is more than just another Vietnam War story--it is a case study of the American drawdown. Shkurti has used his own experiences, as well as prodigious research, to explain this little-known but important slice of the war.--Dale Andrade, author of America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter OffensiveUncompromisingly honest, free of cant, very reflective, and investigating every relevant factor, Shkurti dissects the late-war U.S. army in convincing detail. . . . A spectacular book.--John Prados, author of Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War Deserves a place on every reading list that deals with that war.--William H. Hammond, author of Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War

This is more than just another Vietnam War story--it is a case study of the American drawdown. Shkurti has used his own experiences, as well as prodigious research, to explain this little-known but important slice of the war. --<b>Dale Andrade</b>, author of <i>America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter Offensive</i> Uncompromisingly honest, free of cant, very reflective, and investigating every relevant factor, Shkurti dissects the late-war U.S. army in convincing detail. . . . A spectacular book. --<b>John Prados</b>, author of <i>Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War</i> Deserves a place on every reading list that deals with that war. --<b>William H. Hammond</b>, author of <i>Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War</i>

This is more than just another Vietnam War story--it is a case study of the American drawdown. Shkurti has used his own experiences, as well as prodigious research, to explain this little-known but important slice of the war. --Dale Andrade, author of America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter Offensive Uncompromisingly honest, free of cant, very reflective, and investigating every relevant factor, Shkurti dissects the late-war U.S. army in convincing detail. . . . A spectacular book. --John Prados, author of Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War Deserves a place on every reading list that deals with that war. --William H. Hammond, author of Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War Meticulous research and judicious use of primary sources ground this superb study. . . . Current policy-makers and military planners should read this book for its hard-learned lessons, poignantly conveyed. --Naval Institute Proceedings A good read and a valuable addition to the scholarship on the Vietnam War. --On Point

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