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Blood in the Hills
The Story of Khe Sanh, the Most Savage Fight of the Vietnam War
By Charles W. Sasser and Robert Maras
Published by Lyons Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
A soldier’s eye view of Vietnam’s fiercest close-quarters battle upon its 50th anniversary
Khe Sanh’s Hill Fights of 1967—as experienced by co-author Bobby Maras and told in this hour-by-hour, day-by-day account—were carnage on the ground, much of it hand-to-hand fighting in the dark. Thanks to the brave Marines of the 9th and 3rd, Khe Sanh survived the first concentrated attack by the North Vietnamese to invade the South. After the Hill Fights, American forces pulled back and held out against constant enemy shelling and frequent attacks until the siege was broken. Combining Maras’ personal experiences with the war’s bigger picture, Blood in the Hills honors the heroic actions of our soldiers and shows how Khe Sanh was microcosm of the entire Vietnam War.
Khe Sanh’s Hill Fights of 1967—as experienced by co-author Bobby Maras and told in this hour-by-hour, day-by-day account—were carnage on the ground, much of it hand-to-hand fighting in the dark. Thanks to the brave Marines of the 9th and 3rd, Khe Sanh survived the first concentrated attack by the North Vietnamese to invade the South. After the Hill Fights, American forces pulled back and held out against constant enemy shelling and frequent attacks until the siege was broken. Combining Maras’ personal experiences with the war’s bigger picture, Blood in the Hills honors the heroic actions of our soldiers and shows how Khe Sanh was microcosm of the entire Vietnam War.
Product Details
- Publisher: Lyons Press (April 1, 2017)
- Length: 288 pages
- ISBN13: 9781493019762
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BLOOD IN THE HILLS is a powerful tale, vivid, remarkably emotional, and spellbinding. The sacrifices of the American fighting man during the Vietnam War will long be remembered and has not gone unnoticed.
– Chimp Robertson, author of POW/MIA: AMERICA’S MISSING MEN
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“Containing some of the best writing in the field . . . provides an electrifying glimpse into the dangerous life of a chopper pilot in Vietnam.”
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“Back in The Fight will force people to reevaluate what’s truly possible in their own lives. I’m going to make sure my own children read [this] story.”
—Brandon Webb, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Corps and How I Trained America’s Deadliest Marksmen on Back in The Fight: The Explosive Memoir of a Special Operator Who Never Gave Up
“A model of good historical writing.”
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“A gripping combat memoir . . . honest and exciting . . . a roving tale, full of sharp detail and told in the harsh language of soldiers baptized in fire.”
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“Tough, raunchy, gritty, but surprisingly tender . . . If you never made it to ‘Nam, this book will take you there. . . . Unbeatable!”
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Honest. Gritty. Intense. BLOOD IN THE HILLS illuminates the raw experience that Marines endured at Khe Sanh in 1967. In the telling of Maras’ story, we can come closer to understanding the sacrifice so many made on our behalf.
– Tom Hoffmann, Clinical Psychologist, U.S. Veterans Administration
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