THE LAST BATTLE, The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War by Ralph Wetterhahn. LIKE NEW First Edition stated hardcover, 2001. A post-Vietnam War history that tells of the 1975 capture of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge and the disastrous and failed rescue mission that cost 41 American servicemen their lives. Reveals the 20-year denial by the Pentagon that three Marines were left behind on a remote Cambodian Island. Wetterhahn, a military historian and former combat pilot in Vietnam, had access to the minutes of National Security Council meetings of President Ford and his staff and examines the final military tragedy of the Vietnam War.

LIKE NEW old stock hardcover, unread with pages clean and unmarked. Jacket is in near mint condition with only minor storage scuffing. 6.5" x 9.5." Maps, photos, illustrations, text, chronology and appendices. 384 pgs.