The Mayaguez Incident
Testing America’s Resolve in the Post-Vietnam Era
by Robert J. Mahoney
Texas Tech, 320pp., $39.95
Like the Panay incident (1937) four decades earlier, the Mayaguez incident (1975) may be seen as a metaphor for the challenges facing American power at a certain time and place. The same amount of time now separates us from the Mayaguez as the Mayaguez was distant from the Panay. But in retrospect, just how distant?
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