Throughout the Vietnam War, one focal point persisted where the Viet Cong guerrillas and ARVN were not a major factor, but where the trained professionals of the North Vietnamese and U.S. armies repeatedly fought head-to-head. A Shau Valor is a thoroughly documented study of nine years of American combat operations encompassing the crucial frontier valley and a 15-mile radius around it—the most deadly killing ground of the entire Vietnam War.

Into the valley of death -- The rise and fall of Camp A Shau -- Project Delta invades A Shau -- SOG : west of the A Shau -- Annus Horribilus : 1968 -- Operation Dewey Canyon -- Eleven times up Hamburger Hill -- Ripcord : valor in defeat -- A Shau fini : the ninth year -- A bard for the grunts.