This is an account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least
known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the
Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975). At the time it was painted as
a major American defeat, but this new history tells the full story.
The authors have a unique ability to reassess this battle – one
was present at the battle, the other was briefed on it prior to
re-taking the site two years later. The book is based on exhaustive
research, revisiting Kham Duc, interviewing battle veterans, and
reading interview transcripts and statements of other battle
participants, including former North Vietnamese Army (NVA)
officers. Based on their research, the authors contend that Kham
Duc did not 'fall' and was not 'overrun'. In fact, it was a
successful effort to inflict mass attrition on a major NVA force
with minimum American losses by voluntarily abandoning an
anachronistic little trip-wire border camp serving as passive bait
for General Westmoreland's 'lure and destroy' defensive tactics, as
at Khe Sanh.
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