Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam

Contents

Contents List of Maps ix Preface xi Prologue. Kontum: Now and Then 1 1. Autumn in the Highlands, 1971 5 2. Fighting in Phu Nhon 23 3. A Hundred Tons of Bombs 32 4. The Looming Threat 40 5. The Year of the Rat 44 6. The North Vietnamese Invasion 57 7. Attacking in An Khe Pass 74 8. Our Firebases Fall 82 9. The Collapse at Tan Canh 95 10. A Debacle at Dak To 114 11. A New Team for the Defense 125 12. Closing in on Kontum 144 13. Cut Off and Surrounded 153 14. Tanks Attacking! 166 15. Struggling to Hold It Together 186 16. “Brother, This Is Going to Be It!” 208 17. “You Are Going to Be Overrun” 217 18. The Dirty Job of Killing 231 19. All Over but the Shooting? 238 20. Finishing the Job 245 Epilogue: The End of the Fight 256 Acknowledgments 269 Glossary: Abbreviations and Military Jargon 271 Notes 277 Selected Bibliography 315 Index 325 Illustrations follow page 152 ...