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The story of an extraordinary campaign in the Vietnam War - fought in a 200-mile labyrinth of underground tunnels and chambers.

The campaign in the tunnels of Cu Chi was fought with cunning and savagery between Viet Cong guerrillas and special teams of US infantrymen called 'Tunnel Rats'. The location:…

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1 author picked The Tunnels of Cu Chi as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Bit of a left fielder this one. Was given a copy as a present by a friend who went to Vietnam and visited the former Vietcong tunnels at Cu Chi outside Ho Chi Min City (what was Saigon). The book is based on a host of interviews with former members of the Vietcong who fought in the war and the American 'Tunnel rats' they fought against. The authors had managed to track down and get these men (and women) to talk - almost all of them for the very first time - about their experiences fighting underground in the labyrinth…

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