{"product_id":"swift-boats-at-war-in-vietnam-0811719596","title":"Swift Boats at War in Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0811719596\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gugliotta, Guy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIFE AND DEATH ON THE WATER . . . STORIES FROM THE MEN WHO FOUGHT THE VIETNAM WAR ON THE COAST AND IN THE MEKONG DELTADeveloped specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft big enough to outrun anything they couldnt outfight but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. The stories in this book cover the Swift Boats early years, which saw search-and-inspect operations in Vietnams coastal waters, and their later years, when the Swift Boats' mission shifted to the Mekong Deltas labyrinth of 3,000 miles of rivers, streams, and canals. This is an intimate, exciting oral history of Swift Boats at war in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51974551666976,"sku":"NEW0811719596","price":27.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/swift-boats-at-war-in-vietnam-0811719596","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}