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The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War
by Wetterhahn, Ralph
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0786708581
- ISBN 13
- 9780786708581
- Seller
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About This Item
Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Carroll & Graf Edition, 2001. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a VG Dust Jacket. Remainder. Black and white illustration plates. Maps. 9.5x6.4". 400 pages. Black half cloth with red boards, slight rubbing to spine head and heel, tight and solid and square binding; internals as new. Includes: Appendix A: The Mitochondria DNA Process & Full Casualty List; Appendix B: Aircraft Descriptions: Appendix C: Chronology of the Mayaguez Incident. Notes and Index. 2001, Carroll & Graf Publishers.
Synopsis
Ralph Wetterhahn is widely read in Air & Space Smithsonian, Popular Science , the Bangkok Post Newspaper, Soldier of Fortune , the U.S. Air Force Academy Checkpoints Magazine , the Retired Officers Magazine , Vietnam Magazine among others. His work has been featured on America Online. The USAF Fighter Weapons Review and Interstate Electronics Corporation have published his technical writing. He is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who served combat tours during the Vietnam War with both the Air Force and the Navy, then attended the University of Southern California Professional Writing Program. He is fluent in Thai, has traveled to and written extensively about aviation, travel, science, and done investigative journalism in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030198
- Title
- The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War
- Author
- Wetterhahn, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0786708581
- ISBN 13
- 9780786708581
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- VIETNAM WAR; CAMBODIA; SCHLESINGER, JAMES R. ; MARSHALL. DANNY G.; KOH TANG; KISSINGER, HENRY; HARGROVE, JOSEPH NELSON;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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