The Typhoon Truce, 1970 by Robert Curtis (Paperback Book)

Casemate Publishers

It wasn\u2019t rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe. As an unofficial truce began, questions and emotions battled inside every air crewman\u2019s mind as they faced masses of Vietnamese civilians outside their protective base perimeters for the first time. Could we trust them not to shoot? Could they trust us not to drop them off in a detention camp? Truces never last, but life changes a bit for all the people involved while they are happening.Sometimes wars are suspended and fighting stops for a while. A holiday that both sides recognize might do it, as happened in the Christmas truce during World War I. Weather might do it, too, as it did in Vietnam in October 1970\\. The \u201Ctyphoon truce\u201D was\n\nThe Typhoon Truce, 1970\nThree Days in Vietnam when Nature Intervened in the War\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery us;