Honorable Exit
by Thurston Clarke
"How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War"
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Honorable Exit Book Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Commanders
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Asia
Published Date:
2019
ISBN13:
9780385539647
Honorable Exit Book Description
In 1973, the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a U.S. withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began to attack, Congress refused to send arms or aid. South Vietnamese who had supported the government in Saigon or worked with Americans faced execution, or years in a concentration camp. Clarke shows how scores of Americans risked their lives to help their former translators, drivers, colleagues, neighbors and friends escape. -- adapted from jacket.