General Thi, who was born in South Vietnam and was a military commander in the South Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War, chronicles the largest battle of the war, the battle at the village of An Loc, which guarded the western approaches to Saigon. He focuses on the South Vietnamese army's successful efforts in the battle, which were largely unreported in the US media. Thi contends that the victory of An Loc contradicts the US media's premise that the war could not be won because the army was a corrupt and ineffective force. Drawing from interviews with those in the battle, the army's published report, and other new source material, he details the South Vietnamese side of the story and the battle's aftermath. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)