The Last Boarding Party cover

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On April 30, 1975, the final curtain of America's long involvement in the Vietnam War fell. North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon while thousands of South Vietnamese refugees attempted to flee on foot, boat, and aircraft. The American public believed that the events in Southeast Asia had finally come to a bitter end. Less than two weeks later, President Gerald Ford ordered air, naval, and Marine forces to conduct combat operations in waters off Cambodia. On May 12, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez, an American merchant ship, and its crew in international waters. This act of piracy created an incident where U.S. Marine Corps elements attempted to rescue the Mayaguez, one of the most controversial raids in recent history. This book will track every development in the mission , an eventual success that demonstrated American resolve to use military forces in foreign policy issues after the Vietnam debacle.

Product details

Published Sep 20 2011
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 80
ISBN 9781849084253
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 15 b/w; 35 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Raid
Short code RAID 24
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Clayton K. S. Chun

Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War…

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Steve Noon

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art…

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Alan Gilliland

Alan Gilliland, a contributor to more than 70 Ospr…

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Mariusz Kozik

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