The third volume of the Target Saigon mini-series describes the
opening stages of the final communist offensive against South Vietnam.
The decision of President Nguyen Van Thieu to evacuate the Central
Highlands was part of a wider scheme that envisaged an extensive
redeployment of South Vietnamese forces and led to the abandonment of
nearly half of the country. Panic inevitably spread among the population
and the armed forces and set into motion a chain reaction that would see
the complete collapse of the country. The United States refused to
intervene again despite the situation spiraling out of control. Thieu
had played and lost.
The third volume of Target Saigon details the disastrous evacuation of
Hue and Da Nang, as well as the delaying actions fought in the central
coastal area and is illustrated with a wide range of contemporary
photographs and a number of specially commissioned full color artworks
of the vehicles, soldiers and aircraft that fought in this campaign.