Inside the VC and the NVAIf the costs of the Vietnam War were great to Americans and staggering to the South Vietnamese, they were even worse for the North. And those costs were borne largely by the individual soldiers--the soldiers who won the war. Based on interviews, soldiers' diaries, letters, and government documents, this book, first published in 1992, gives a classic, soldier's-eye account of the war our opponents fought and the men who fought it. |
Contents
| 3 | |
| 16 | |
Recruiting and Training | 37 |
Ch4 The Infiltration South | 65 |
Ch5 Organization | 79 |
Ch6 Equipment Arms and Supplies | 101 |
Ch7 Logistics | 117 |
Life in Canp and Bivouac | 135 |
The Generals | 191 |
The Grunts | 215 |
Vietnam After The Fall of Saigon | 237 |
Afterword | 259 |
Apendixs | 261 |
Source Notes | 293 |
Bibliography | 315 |
| 325 | |
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