The Arnheiter Affair

New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Binding just beginning to weaken alongside photo section, otherwise a very good copy. 1971 Hard Cover. 304 pp. In March 1966, off the coast of Viet Nam, Lieutenant Commander Marcus Aurelius Arnheiter was releived of command of the destroyer escort U.S.S. Vance. He had been her captain for ninety-nine days. The dispute over what happened aboard the Vance during those three months grew into one of the major controversies in the United States Navy in over a decade -- "The Arnheiter Affair.