J. Keith Saliba is an associate professor of journalism at Jacksonville (Florida) University, where he teaches narrative nonfiction and media theory. He has written about military affairs and the Vietnam War for twenty years, first as a reporter and columnist for two daily newspapers and later as an academic.
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In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolved to crush it once and for all. The communists set their sights on South Vietnam's strategically vital West... SEE MORE