Lost Crusade : America's Secret Cambodian Mercenaries

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Peter.

Series:

Naval Institute special warfare series Lost crusade

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American--Cambodia.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Counterinsurgency--Underground movements.

Counterinsurgency.

Cambodia--History--1953-1975.

Cambodia.

Scott, Peter, 1945-.

Scott, Peter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Lost Crusade

Place of Publication:

Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and a chance reunion for him to realize just how much they had become a part of him. Successfully blending intense combat narrative and stirring emotional drama, Scott vividly captures both the unique village culture of a little-known, highly spiritual people and their complex relationship with Special Forces soldiers, who found it increasingly difficult to match their charges' commitment to the

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; ONE: MESSIAH; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; TWO: KINGDOM COME; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781612511771

1612511775

OCLC:

882769204