The Twenty-five Year Century : A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon

For Victor Hugo, The Nineteenth Century Could Be Remembered By Only Its First Two Years, Which Established Peace In Europe And France's Supremacy On The Continent. For General Lam Quang Thi, The Twentieth Century Had Only Twenty-five Years: From 1950 To 1975, During Which The Republic Of Vietnam And Its Army Grew Up And Collapsed With The Fall Of Saigon. This Is The Story Of Those Twenty-five Years.--jacket. 1. Early Years -- 2. Military Apprenticeship -- 3. North Viet Nam -- 4. Laos And Hauts Plateaux -- 5. Between Two Wars -- 6. U.s. Command & General Staff College -- 7. 7th Infantry Division -- 8. 9th Infantry Division -- 9. The Battle Of Mang Thit -- 10. 1968 Tet Offensive -- 11. Vietnamese National Military Academy -- 12. Military Region One -- 13. I Corps Forward Command -- 14. The Fall Of Military Region One -- 15. The Last Days. Lam Quang Thi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. THE TWENTY-FIVE YEAR CENTURY......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 7 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 1 Early Years......Page 18 2 Military Apprenticeship......Page 41 3 North Viet Nam......Page 52 4 Laos and Hauts Plateaux......Page 73 5 Between Two Wars......Page 90 6 U.S. Command & General Staff College......Page 120 7 7th Infantry Division......Page 132 8 9th Infantry Division......Page 152 9 The Battle of Mang Thit......Page 194 photo gallery......Page 207 10 1968 Tet Offensive......Page 211 11 Vietnamese National Military Academy......Page 233 12 Military Region One......Page 280 13 I Corps Forward......Page 308 14 The Fall of Military Region One......Page 351 15 The Last Days......Page 384 EPILOGUE......Page 416 NOTES......Page 420 GLOSSARY......Page 426 INDEX......Page 428 The memoirs of General Thi, who witnessed the growth of the army of the Republic of Vietnam and its collapse with the fall of Saigon. They include his experiences as a battery commander in the Indochina War, to the Tet Offensive and the 1972 Great Offensive, and his eventual emigration to the USA A FEW YEARS AGO, I was invited to deliver a speech about the former Army of the Republic of Viet Nam at a general convention of the Vietnamese communities overseas in Dallas, Texas.