Forsaken Warriors: The Story of an American Advisor with the South Vietnamese Rangers and Airborne

An insider's account of the South Vietnamese elites who strove to carry on the war against the Communists during the U.S. Army's withdrawal.

The book is a personal memoir of the author's service as a U.S. Army advisor during the end-stages of America's involvement in Vietnam. During the period 1970–71, the U.S. was beginning to draw down its combat forces, and the new watchword was Vietnamization. It was the period when the will of the U.S. to prosecute the war had slipped, and transferring...