The End of the Rope The Ripcord Campaign and American Disengagement in Vietnam

The End of the Rope: The Ripcord Campaign and American Disengagement in Vietnam by James R. Smither
English | May 15th, 2026 | ISBN: 1636246451 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 7.40 MB
The campaign around Firebase Ripcord in 1970 was the last major American offensive effort in the Vietnam War. It went badly and is now little known. Elements of the 101st Airborne Division tried to go back to the area where the Hamburger Hill battles had been fought the year before, but they never made it due to a combination of enemy resistance, lack of resources owing to a reduction in force under Vietnamization, and serious command problems.








