Lomperis, Timothy J. (1996). „A Tale of Two Strategles”. From people's war to people's rule: insurgency, intervention, and the lessons of Vietnam (на језику: (језик: енглески)). UNC Press Books. стр. 333. ISBN978-0-8078-4577-6. Приступљено 15. 10. 2010. „In January 1963, at the battle of Ap Bac (in the Mekong Delta), a Viet Cong battalion stood its ground against a far superior ARVN force, exposing, according the communists, the bankruptcy of the American “special war” strategy.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Jaques, Tony (2007). „Ap Bac 1963 Vietnam War”. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E (на језику: (језик: енглески)). Greenwood Publishing Group. стр. 58. ISBN978-0-313-33537-2. Приступљено 15. 10. 2010. „Despite huge numerical superiority, the incompetent Colonel Dam was routed, with over 60 killed. The Viet Cong then slipped away allowing the Allies to naively claim victory (1-2 January) 1963”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Hillstrom, Kevin (1998). „A Bright Shining Lie”. The Vietnam experience: a concise encyclopedia of American literature, songs, and films (на језику: (језик: енглески)). Greenwood Publishing Group. стр. 59. ISBN978-0-313-30183-4. Приступљено 15. 10. 2010. „In the battle's aftermath, U.S. and South Vietnamese officials tried to call the clash at Ap Bac a victory, but Vann and his staff quickly disabused the press corps of any such notions.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Wiest, Andrew A. (2002). „Outbreak: An undeclared war”. The Vietnam War, 1956-1975 (на језику: (језик: енглески)). Osprey Publishing. стр. 24. ISBN978-1-84176-419-1. Приступљено 01. 11. 2010. „The failure of Ap Bac was of critical importance for the future of the conflict. President Diem had hamstrung his own forces by ordering them not to take heavy casualties in a effort to avoid controversy. Thus the South Vietnamese regime was more concerned with its own power than a pursuit of victory. The failure at Ap Bac also demonstrated to the United States that the South Vietnamese regime was corrupt and incapable of defending containment on its own.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Moyar, Mark (2006). „Chapter 8: The Battle of Ap Bac”. Triumph forsaken: the Vietnam war, 1954-1965 (на језику: (језик: енглески)). Cambridge University Press. стр. 186. ISBN978-0-521-86911-9. Приступљено 17. 10. 2010. „Just before the new year began, a specially-equipped American airplane traced Viet Cong radio signals to the hamlet of Tan Thoi in Dinh Tuong province, the province where the ARVN 7th Division was headquartered.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Dunstan, Simon (2003). „Viet Cong Counter-Measures”. Vietnam choppers: helicopters in battle 1950-75 (на језику: (језик: енглески)). Osprey Publishing. стр. 29. ISBN978-1-84176-796-3. Приступљено 17. 10. 2010. „On 2 January elements of the ARVN 7th Division including a company of M-113 APCs, were ordered to assault the hamlet of Ap Tan Thoi in Din Thuong Province, on the edge of Plain of Reeds about thirty-five miles southwest of Saigon.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Elliott, David (2007). „Chapter 9: The Battle of Ap Bac in January 1963”. The Vietnamese war: revolution and social change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975 (на језику: (језик: енглески)). M.E. Sharpe. стр. 180. ISBN978-0-7656-0603-7. Приступљено 17. 10. 2010. „At the time of the confrontation between revolutionary and Saigon forces at the hamlet of Ap Bac in January 1963, the 514th Battalion had not fully recovered from its 1962 setbacks.”CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)