MICHAEL ARCHER grew up in northern California and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam during 1967-1968. His books include A Patch of Ground: Khe Sanh Remembered, an acclaimed first-person account of the infamous seventy-seven-day siege of that American combat base; A Man of His Word: The Life and Times of Nevadas Senator William J. Raggio, about one of Nevada's most courageous, honorable and admired citizens; and The Long Goodbye: Khe Sanh Revisited, chronicling the authors search for answers to a friends mysterious death at Khe Sanh. Michael lives in Reno and, in addition to his writing, is a staff member with the Senate Committee on Finance at the Nevada State Legislature.
...drops the reader into the bunkers with the Marines [and] puts the battle in context--human, tactical and strategic. -- Kurt Hildebrand, Douglas County Record-Courier ... an intelligent, courageous, sensitive book about an historic battle in a controversial war. -- Kenneth J. Campbell, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Political Science & International Relations, University of Delaware and author of A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War ... a great contribution to Marine Corps literature. -- Edwin Howard Simmons, Brigadier General, USMC (Ret.), author of The United States Marines and Marines in Vietnam and Director Emeritus of Marine Corps History and Museums This is a must read for anyone interested in knowing what it was really like at Khe Sanh... -- Major General Ray Smith, USMC (Ret.), Company Commander at Khe Sanh and author of The March Up, Taking Baghdad with the First Marine Division ...certainly the preeminent account of the battle of Khe Sanh -- Robert Topmiller, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of History, Eastern Kentucky University and author of Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966 and Red Clay on My Boots: Encounters with Khe Sanh 1968 to 2005
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