Shelby L. Stanton

Special Forces at War (eBook, ePUB)

An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"A rare insider's experience paired with a scholarly historical approach, making it an essential standout for any military library." - Midwest Book Review More than 8.7 million Americans reported for military duty in Southeast Asia, but only a select few wore the Green Beret, the distinctive symbol of the U.S. Army Special Forces. These elite soldiers played a crucial role during the protracted conflict. Special Forces at War: an Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975 by wartime veteran and military historian Shelby L. Stanton shows Special Forces' activity from the first deployments of Green Berets into battle, through their training, wartime advisory, border surveillance, strike force, and special operations roles. Unprecedented in scope, this photographic history features rare and unpublished images, providing an exclusive, insider view of covert activities such as Project Delta, whose Special Forces-trained Vietnamese commandos posed as North Vietnamese Army or Viet Cong troops behind communist lines. It depicts Special Forces' camps before, during, and after enemy assaults. It features an array of lethal weapons used by resourceful Green Berets fighting to preserve their remote outposts, as well as allied and enemy documents and propaganda. From ordinary camp life to special missions, no aspect of Special Forces activities during the Second Indochina War has been overlooked. Stanton knows his subject first hand. During six years of active duty as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, he served as a paratrooper platoon leader, an airborne ranger advisor to the Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Center, and a Special Forces long-range reconnaissance team commander in Southeast Asia before being wounded in combat in Nam Yu, Laos.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zenith Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610601344
• Artikelnr.: 37940051

Autorenporträt

Shelby Stanton is a well-known and respected military historian. He is author of the landmark reference works World War II Order of Battle and Vietnam Order of Battle. He is also the author of a number of critically acclaimed histories including Rise and Fall of an American Army and Green Berets at War. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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