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Name: Through Enemy Eyes: After Months of Planning, the Viet Cong Were Near Long Tan and Ready to Attack . . .: Sabben, David: 9781741145618: Amazon.com: Books
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Through Enemy Eyes: After Months of Planning, the Viet Cong Were Near Long Tan and Ready to Attack . . . Paperback – Illustrated, September 1, 2006

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This fictionalized account brings to life the events that lead up to the Vietnam War battle of Long Tan—the most famous action fought by the Australian Army during the war. Told from the rarely revealed Vietnamese perspective, this gripping tale claims that the battle of Long Tan disrupted the Viet Cong’s plans to force Australia to withdraw from the war—which would have been a morale disaster for the American troops—and possibly changed the outcome of the war.

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368 pages
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English
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Allen & Unwin
Publication date

September 1, 2006
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5.5 x 0.86 x 8 inches
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1741145619
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978-1741145618
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Dave Sabben is a former Australian platoon leader and a survivor of the battle of Long Tan. He is a coauthor of The Battle of Long Tan As Told By the Commanders to Bob Grandin.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allen & Unwin (September 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1741145619
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1741145618
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.86 x 8 inches

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The Stig

A bloody good read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2013

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David Sabben was really there, Through research and real life he has created the other side of the battle. From the little I know, even though a novel, is quite factually based in tactics and North Vietnamese roles and attitudes.

I know from years of reading and speaking, informally, to Vietnamese involved in the 'American War' the attitude of the NVA and NLF toward the Australian Soldiers and tactics is accurately represented here.

A good, solid and very readable account of the Battle of LongTan

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James Oglethorpe

The Battle of Long Tan

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 10, 2012

I really enjoyed this book. Dave Sabben was in action at Long Tan in 1966 and his personal experience adds great verisimilitude to his description of the conditions in this part of the Vietnam War.

Presented as fiction, but in fact seeking to explain all known historical facts about the battle, this book goes to outstanding lengths in plotting and portraying the scene in painstaking detail. The several map pages become indispensable to the narrative.

"Though Enemy Eyes" seeks to fill in the "missing history" (possibly deliberately obscured) from the Vietnamese side. Events inside the fire-base are also seen through the eyes of a fictional American liaison officer with the Australian Task Force. Intriguingly, there is only limited first-person depiction of the Australian infantry. (Mainly they are just shadowy figures in the Long Tan rubber plantation - Sabben does not seek to repeat the well-documented Aussie experiences that can be found in many history books). Exploiting this reverse viewpoint means that Sabben is always moving the reader through fresh territory.

Yet despite its intricate detail, this book moves along at a cracking pace. Sabben skillfully builds up a blockbuster storyline that provides a very intriguing explanation of the Vietnamese strategy at Long Tan. He has carefully created believable characters who help humanise his narrative while also explaining several decades of convoluted Colonial/Revolutionary history in a most accessible way.

This book is highly informative and thought-provoking.

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A very plausible account and a great read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 18, 2012

South Vietnam 1966: Dave Sabben has provided a very plausible outline of the enemy's planning and movements in the lead-up to the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966 and the enemy's actions throughout the battle in relation to the Australians' determined stand while greatly outnumbered. There's plenty of other material available on the Australian involvement in this battle, but constructing the enemy's account obviously required putting the jigsaw pieces together and getting inside the enemy mind to reveal the view from the other side. I believe Dave's active participation in the battle and his subsequent research have enabled him to develop a very reasonable portrayal of events through the enemy's eyes.

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