Novedades

They operated in silence. Fought in shadows. And vanished without a trace. This is the untold story of MACV-SOG’s Phantom Teams—elite American warriors sent behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War, where rules didn’t apply and rescue was never guaranteed. Written by embedded historian Alexander H. Bennett and former Army intelligence officer James "Jim" Calloway, SOG Phantom Teams uncovers the covert missions that reshaped modern special operations.

The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war.

Fast planes. Big money. No rules. Before the era of drones and digital warfare, there were men who flew straight into the heart of darkness with nothing but their instincts and a battered aircraft. This isn’t fiction dressed up to sound real—it’s the adrenaline-laced, firsthand account of a mercenary pilot flying for the CIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Step into the cockpit of a short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft screaming over the jungle canopy, loaded with weapons, rice, or refugees—depending on the day. These ex-military pilots were recruited by shady ...

In Striking Eight Bells, George Trowbridge recounts his journey from the Midwest to a warship in the Gulf of Tonkin during the closing months of the Vietnam War. Choosing to enlist in the Navy at 19, versus being drafted into the military, Trowbridge left a wife and newborn son in the States as he traversed the oceans of the globe to fight in America’s most unpopular war. George shares the details of the living conditions on board a naval destroyer during this era, what it was like going through training, the grind for his ship’s crew in supporting ground forces with naval gunfire, as ...