CONTENTS

MAPS

PROLOGUE-GOING UNDERGROUND

1.WHOSE WAR IS IT ANYWAY?

2.A CONFLICT OVERSEAS

3.THE FIRST TUNNELS

4.THE AIRBORNE AMERICANS

5.TROOPING THE COLOUR

6.RAIN IN THE RICE BOWL

7.SEX AND THE SINGLE SOLDIER

8.KNIGHTS IN SINKING ARMOUR

9.ONWARD AND DOWNWARD

10.THE FIRST TUNNEL RATS

11.THE UNDERGROUND ARMY

12.LIKE A ROLLING STONE

13.THE LAST DETAIL

14.PLAYING HARD

15.ON THE BEACH

16.PASSING THE BATON

17.THE LONG NIGHT BEFORE LONG TAN

18.THE LAST POST

APPENDIX A-THE TUNNELS OF VIETNAM

APPENDIX B-HOW TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND CITY

PICTURE SECTION