A Shau Valor

A Shau Valor American Combat Operations in the Valley of Death, 1963–1971 Author:Col. Thomas R Yarborough Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:336 Photos:16pp photos Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781612003542 Item No. 9781612003542 Winner of the Military Writers Society of America's 2017 Gold Medal for HistoryFinalist, 2016 Army Historical Society Distinguished Writing Award.Throughout the Vietnam War, one focal point persisted where the Viet Cong guerrillas and ARVN were not a major factor, but where the trained professionals of the North Vietnamese and U.S. armies repeatedly fought head-to-head. A Shau Valor is a thoroughly documented study of nine years of American combat operations encompassing the crucial frontier valley and a 15-mile radius around it—the most deadly killing ground of the entire Vietnam War. Beginning in 1963 Special Forces A-teams established camps along the valley floor,