20th twentieth century
A01=Clayton K. S. Chun
A12=Alan Gilliland
A12=Mariusz Kozik
A12=Steve Noon
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Author_Alan Gilliland
Author_Clayton K. S. Chun
Author_Mariusz Kozik
Author_Steve Noon
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boat
Category=JWLF
Category=NHW
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illustrated
initial strategy
maps
maritime
navy
North South
operations
post-war
Ship
small unit
warship
Product details
- ISBN 9781849084253
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 20 Sep 2011
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez in international waters.
Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had been removed. They then launched an assault on a nearby island where they believed the crew had been taken. Instead of a quick strike against a limited foe, the Marines encountered major opposition and were quickly pinned down. With large numbers of Cambodians closing in all around, the a desperate firefight developed as US forces tried to extract the Marines.
This book recounts the bloody struggle on Koh Tang island, as a badly botched hostage rescue turned into a desperate evacuation.
Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania where he teaches courses on national security, strategy, and economics. He completed a military career in the U.S. Air Force and has published work in the fields of national security, military history, and economics.
