Author: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER, Apr 2012
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-4391-6102-X
Synopsis
Largest-scale evacuation at the close of the Vietnam war, improvised by a small unit of Marines, a vast fleet of helicopter pilots flying nonstop missions beyond regulation, & a Marine gen. who vowed to arrest any officer who ordered his choppers grounded while his men were still on the ground. 7x9 inches, 304 pgs.
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In a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently declassified documents and in-depth interviews, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the remarkable drama that unfolded over the final, heroic hours of the Vietnam War.
Drury and Clavin focus on the story of the eleven young Marines who were the last men to leave, rescued from the U.S. Embassy roof just moments before capture, having voted to make an Alamo-like last stand. As politicians in Washington struggled to put the best face on disaster and the American ambassador refused to acknowledge that the end had come, these courageous men held their ground and helped save thousands of lives. Drury and Clavin deliver a taut and stirring account of a turning point in American history that unfolds with the heartstopping urgency of the best thrillers?a riveting true story finally told, in full, by those who lived it.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Bob Drury is the author/co-author/editor of nine books, the last two in collaboration with Tom Clavin. His last solo book, The Rescue Season, was adapted into a documentary by the History Channel. He has written for numerous prominent publications and is currently a contributing editor and foreign correspondent for Men?s Health magazine, and has reported from Iraq, Darfur, Liberia, Afghanistan, Sarajevo, and Belfast. He lives in Manasquan, New Jersey.
Tom Clavin is the author or co-author of eleven books, and currently associate editor of The Medical Herald and The Spiritual Herald, two national monthly publications with a combined circulation of 100,000. For fourteen years he covered sports, business, and entertainment for many prominent publications. Tom was also editor-in-chief of The Independent weekly newspaper chain for ten years. He lives in East Hampton, New York.