Expendable WarriorsFOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR IT, FREEDOM HAS A FLAVOR THE PROTECTED SHALL NEVER KNOW.
–from the wall of a bunker at Khe Sanh

The battle of Khe Sanh was won and the Vietnam war was lost at the same time. Expendable Warriors describes at multiple levels the soldiers and Marines who were expendable in the American political chaos of Vietnam, 1968.

About the Book

The battle of Khe Sanh was won and the Vietnam war was lost at the same time. Expendable Warriors describes at multiple levels the soldiers and Marines who were expendable in the American political chaos of Vietnam, 1968.

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Meet the Author

Bruce B.G. Clarke is a retired Army Colonel with extensive strategic, operational and tactical experience. Clarke fought in the Battle of Khe Sanh and later participated in both the planning for and retaking of the combat base.

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Reviews

Praise for Expendable Warriors has been received by a diverse group of experts including decorated military officers, academic authorities, and participants in the action.

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“Clarke describes the experiences of himself and his colleagues in the battles around the Khe Sanh Combat base in 1968, during the Vietnam War. He looks at the decision-making at multiple levels surrounding the battle, which he judges to have been a bloody tactical victory and a strategic defeat for the United States.”

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“Clarke’s purpose is to set the record straight–clarifying reports and stories that have failed to accurately depict what happened.”

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