Rabu, 21 Februari 2018

Prescient at the Creation

Ridiculed after the 1963 Battle of Ap Bac as being too old, out of touch and mired in outdated military thinking, was General Paul Harkins actually the most accurate American prophet of the Vietnam War? As General Paul D. Harkins arrived at Tan Heip’s small airstrip on January 3, 1963, he knew it was bad. …

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