Street Without Joy - Hardcover

Fall, Bernard B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811717003 ISBN 13: 9780811717007

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 1994

Synopsis

In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit-and-run campaign of ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. Defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and opening another tragic chapter in Vietnam's history.

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Review:

A poignant, angry, articulate book...' - Newsweek 'Definitive military history of the Indochina conflict' - New Republic 'Mr. Fall's book is a dramatic treatment of a historic event... the vast panorama of the Indochina struggle emerges with graphic impact in his volume.' - The New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, "Street Without Joy" offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia: a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indo-china War, and the savage eight-year conflict - ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu - in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. With its frontline perspective, vivid reporting, and careful analysis, "Street without Joy" was required reading for policymakers in Washington and GIs in the field and is now considered a classic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0811717003
• ISBN 13: 9780811717007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416