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Afterword While working on this manuscript, I read many books about Vietnam, and some are cited in this book. Readers who want to check these books further might ¤nd the following listing of references helpful. Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History. New York: Penguin, 1984. Lehrack, Otto J., ed. No Shining Armor: The Marines at War in Vietnam: An Oral History. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1992. McNamara, Robert. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. New York: Times Books, 1995. Murphy, Edward F. Semper Fi: Vietnam: From Da Nang to the DMZ, Marine Corps Campaigns, 1965–1975. San Marin, Calif.: Presidio Press, 2000. Pisor, Robert. The End of the Line: The Siege of Khe Sanh. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993. Prados, John, and Ray Stubbe. Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh. New York: Houghton Mif®in, 1991. Telfer, Gary, Lane Rogers, and Keith Fleming. U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese, 1967. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters and Museums Division, U.S. Marine Corps, 1984. Westmoreland, William C. A Soldier Reports. New York: Dell, 1980. ...

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