Book reviews -- Trial by Fire: The 1972 Easter Offensive. America's Last Vietnam Battle by Dale Andrade

Trial by Fire: The 1972 Easter Offensive, America's Last Vietnam Battle. By Dale Andrade. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1995. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Index. Pp. 600. $24.95.

Vietnam historiography takes another step forward with Dale Andrade's new book Trial by Fire. Here Andrade tells the story of the Easter Offensive of 1972, the military action that punctuated the final year of active United States combat involvement in the Vietnam War. Where previous accounts have focused entirely on small slices of the Easter Offensive, Andrade gives us the full panorama of this important campaign, and does it in the style of classic military history. He covers actions from the battle for Quang Tri to the Central Highlands, to the siege...