Tears Before The Rain by Larry Engelmann - 9780306807893

Tears Before The RainAuthor(s): Larry Engelmann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hachette Books, United States\nImprint: Da Capo Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780306807893, 978-0306807893\nSynopsis\nIn this stunning history, soldiers and civilians, both American and Vietnamese, tell what it was like in the spring of 1975 as Hanoi carried out its final, successful offensive against the Republic of Vietnam. Generals, ambassadors, pilots, marines, politicians, doctors, seamen, flight attendants, journalists, children, and even Vietcong soldiers describe the growing demoralization, panic, and chaos as the collapse gained momentum. American survivors recall with raw emotions the escape of the last airliner out of Danang, the chilling helicopter airlift from the [url] embassy roof in Saigon, and the painful abandonment of their South Vietnamese allies. Former boat people relate their hair-raising encounters with Thai pirates and in a new postscript, an American government official describes the reset.