Lost Crusade: America's Secret Cambodian Mercenaries (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) - Hardcover

Scott, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557508461 ISBN 13: 9781557508461

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1999

Synopsis

When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and a chance reunion for him to realize just how much they had become a part of him. Successfully blending intense combat narrative and stirring emotional drama, Scott vividly captures both the unique village culture of a little-known, highly spiritual people and their complex relationship with Special Forces soldiers, who found it increasingly difficult to match their charges' commitment to the costly conflict. Building on his experiences as a Phoenix Program adviser near the Cambodian border, extensive interviews with Khmer Krom survivors, hundreds of hours of research in government archives, and requests for Freedom of Information Act disclosures, Scott seamlessly reconstructs the six-thousand-strong mercenary force's final crusade against communism, beginning in their ancestral home in 1970 and ending on the U.S. West Coast in 1995.

About this title

Synopsis:

The author began a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968, advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries. He draws on his experiences, interviews with survivors, and government archives to capture both the village culture of a highly spiritual people and their complex relationship with Special Forces soldiers, who found it increasingly difficult to

About the Author:

Peter Scott was born and raised in Washington, DC. From 1967 to 1970 he served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division and was an advisor to the Phoenix Program in Vietnam. He has taught in private schools for more than twenty years and is the author of dozens of articles and stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1557508461
• ISBN 13: 9781557508461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224