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portada Call Sign Rustic: The Secret Air War Over Cambodia, 1970-1973
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6 x 15.0 x 1.3 cm
Weight
0.29 kg.
ISBN
1588342840
ISBN13
9781588342843
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Call Sign Rustic: The Secret Air War Over Cambodia, 1970-1973

Richard Wood (Author) · Smithsonian Books · Paperback

Call Sign Rustic: The Secret Air War Over Cambodia, 1970-1973 - Wood, Richard

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Synopsis "Call Sign Rustic: The Secret Air War Over Cambodia, 1970-1973"

President Richard Nixon could not keep American ground troops in Cambodia beyond June 1970 without authorization from Congress, which was not forthcoming. Not wanting to desert the anti-communist Lon Nol regime, he ordered top-secret, round-the-clock air support over Cambodia, and the Rustics were born. Author Richard Wood flew as one of the Rustics, a group of forward air controllers who played a major part in staving off both the North Vietnamese and Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge guerilla forces. This three-year air war was so secret--managed directly from the White House--that there are no official records of it. Wood bases his book on his own experiences and those of the other pilots and Cambodians who participated in the operation. He recounts the Rustic's daring missions and portrays the friendships that developed between the pilots and the Cambodian field troops, commanders, and radio operators, who fought with courage and dedication. The loss of American air support after August 15, 1973 eventually contributed to the fall of Cambodia and the horribly dark period of its history that will live in infamy as "the killing fields."

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