A gripping story of endurance and heroism - on both sides Written by two well-known BBC journalists Tom Mangold and John Penycate spoke to Viet Cong tunnel fighters and to their senior officers in exclusive interviews The authors tracked down many of the Tunnel Rats in the States who have never before told their stories Authors drew on official Communist war records and American specially declassified documents from military archives A US Military Book Club Selection The File on the Tsar (Tom Mangold) was an international bestseller 'Chilling...What war really was and how it was fought' New York Times
Tom Mangold was a senior investigative reporter and war correspondent for BBC TV News and Current Affairs for thirty years and has won numerous awards for his work. John Penycate works in Current Affairs TV both as a reporter and producer. He has made films in over forty countries. John Penycate is a television and print journalist. He has reported regularly on-screen for BBC tv's The Money Programme and Panorama over the past twenty years from dozens of countries around the world, and interviewed major political and business leaders. Earlier, he was a globe-trotting Panorama producer. John Penycate is a television and print journalist. He has reported regularly on-screen for BBC tv's The Money Programme and Panorama over the past twenty years from dozens of countries around the world, and interviewed major political and business leaders. Earlier, he was a globe-trotting Panorama producer. He has written articles for the national press, and co-wrote the non-fiction book Psychopath. He is a visiting lecturer at the journalism departments of London and Westminster Universities. He lives in London, and is active in institutes and societies concerned with the media and public affairs.
" A claustrophobic but fascinating tale."
- The Wall Street Journal
" Chilling . . . what war really was and how it was fought."
- The New York Times
" Gripping . . . highly recommended."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
" Remarkable."
- The Washington Post
"A claustrophobic but fascinating tale."
-The Wall Street Journal
"Chilling . . . what war really was and how it was fought."
-The New York Times
"Gripping . . . highly recommended."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Remarkable."
-The Washington Post
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