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Abandoned in Hell : The Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate by Marvin Wolf and William Albracht (2016, Trade Paperback)

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An astonishing memoir of military courage at a remote outpost during the Vietnam War--includes a foreword by Joseph L. Galloway, New York Times bestselling coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young. In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Firebase Kate held by only 27 American soldiers and 156 Montagnard militiamen. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments--some six thousand men--crossed the Cambodian border and attacked. Outnumbered three dozen to one, Albracht's men held off the assault but, after five days, Kate's defenders were out of ammo and water. Refusing to die or surrender, Albracht led his troops off the hill and on a daring night march through enemy lines. Abandoned in Hell is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice, and brutal violence, a riveting journey into Vietnam's heart of darkness, and a compelling reminder of the transformational power of individual heroism. Not since Lone Survivor and We Were Soldiers Once...and Young has there been such a gripping and authentic account of battlefield courage. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0451468090
ISBN-13
9780451468093
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211806199

Product Key Features

Book Title
Abandoned in Hell : the Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate
Author
Marvin Wolf, William Albracht
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Veterans, Military / Special Forces, Military / Vietnam War, General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
History
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15 oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds559.5.A43 2016
Reviews
"An epic tale of junior officers and NCOs salvaging a clusterf**k with minimum losses and maximum damage to the enemy. Nasty war. Great book."--Jim Morris, author of War Story and Above and Beyond "A riveting, dead-true account in the tradition of Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young ."--Steven Pressfield, national bestselling author of The Lion's Gate " Abandoned in Hell is essential reading about the brave men who lived and died fighting an unpopular war."--David Hume Kennerly, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography , Praise for Abandoned in Hell "An epic tale of junior officers and NCOs salvaging a clusterf**k with minimum losses and maximum damage to the enemy. Nasty war. Great book."--Jim Morris, author of War Story and Above and Beyond "A riveting, dead-true account in the tradition of Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers Once...and Young ."--Steven Pressfield, national bestselling author of The Lion's Gate " Abandoned in Hell is essential reading about the brave men who lived and died fighting an unpopular war."--David Hume Kennerly, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography "Wolf and Albracht have interwoven the history, the tumult of battle and the spectrum of personalities that turn up on a forlorn red dirt hill on the Cambodian border in the crunch year of 1968. Firebase Kate becomes a microcosm of the turn of events, the disasters that were the death knell of the Vietnam war. It's a story that grabs you by the throat and won't let go."--Tim Page, Photojournalist and author of Another Vietnam "This gripping, gritty and cinematic blow-by-blow account of outnumbered Americans locked in a desperate battle with the North Vietnamese Army is destined to become a classic of its genre. If you read only one book about Vietnam this year, this must be the one."--Major General Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret.), Two-tour Vietnam Veteran, Fox News Senior Military Analyst, and author of Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror "This extraordinary narrative about leadership, loyalty and trust grabbed me from page one. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to know what really happened in Vietnam."--Rocky Bleier, Decorated Vietnam Veteran and Four-Time Super Bowl Champion "A riveting look at a little-known but compelling Vietnam War story."-- Publishers Weekly "Albracht and Wolf present a vivid, often gripping account of the attack by 4,000 members of the People's Army of Vietnam...This fast-paced narrative encapsulates Vietnam War themes, significantly the bravery of grunts and company grade officers and their loyalty to one another."-- Library Journal
Copyright Date
2016
Dewey Decimal
959.704342
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes