The Battle of Dienbienphu
Roy, Jules & Ralph Wetterhahn (foreword by) / Neil Sheehan (edited by)
Language: English
Published by Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002
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Perfect bound illustrated softcover, sharp and square, As New. No Dustjacket. Book is firm in its binding, unread, 343 pages includes Bibliography and Index, and 5 pages of " The Makings of a Disaster", 1985 The New York Times Book Review of this title, b&w historic photographs and illustrations. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 343 pages.
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- Title
- The Battle of Dienbienphu
- Author
- Roy, Jules & Ralph Wetterhahn (foreword by) / Neil Sheehan (edited by)
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0786709588
- ISBN 13
- 9780786709588
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Forty years ago, France's war with the anticolonial Communist-led Vietminh insurgency climaxed in the bloody battle for the valley of Dienbienphu. The Vietminh's victory put the 17 million people of North Vietnam under Communist rule and would, in two years, induce America's attempt to save South Vietnamwithout heeding the French army's catastrophic defeat. That defeat, former French soldier Jules Roy explains, occurred not because of a shortage of arms or troops, but more important, less tangible reasons. Hungry for a textbook victory, the French military command occupied the valley in a plan to lure the Vietminh down from the hills to destroy them with supposedly superior artillery. Roy vividly shows how French political infighting in Paris and rivalry in the high command left a few romantic professional officers and soldiers of the French Expeditionary Corps and the Foreign Legion to be surrounded and then overwhelmed by totally dedicated and resourceful enemy forces. Roy also profiles Vietminh soldiers and commanders and how they ended over eighty years of French colonial rule in North Vietnam. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs add to a "moving and dramatic" (New York Times Book Review) account of the battle that led to America's involvement the Vietnam War. "Roy relates the basic facts perceptively and brilliantly. Americans concerned with Vietnam should read The Battle of Dienbienphu." New York Times Book Review (front page) "A searing portrait of France's failure in Vietnam..." Philadelphia Inquirer"
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About the Author
Ralph Wetterhahn, a former U.S. Air Force pilot who flew 180 combat missions in Vietnam, is author of The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War, and lives in California.
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