If the costs of the Vietnam War were great to Americans and staggering to the South Vietnamese, they were even worse for the North. And those costs were borne largely by the individual soldiers--the soldiers who won the war. Based on interviews, soldiers' diaries, letters, and government documents, this book gives a classic, soldier's-eye account of the war our opponents fought and the men who fought it.

"PUBLISHED WITH THE INSTITUTE OF LAND WARFARE, ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY." INCLUDES INDEX. REPRINT. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES, 1961-1971. WASHINGTON : DEPT. OF THE ARMY : FOR SALE BY THE SUPT. OF DOCS., U.S. G.P.O., 1973. (VIETNAM STUDIES)

1. In Their Own Words; 2. The Vietnam Enigma; 3. The Bamboo Soldiers: Recruiting and Training; 4. The Infiltration South; 5. Organization; 6. Equipment, Arms, and Supplies; 7. Logistics; 8. Their Silent Tents are Spread: Life in Camp and Bivouac; 9. In Battle; 10. Voices from the Other Side; 11. Voices from the Other Side: The Grunts; 12. Losers and Losers: Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon