losses - Report on Viet-Nam - A military biography of IndochinaĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:01:41 Associated-names Herring, George C., 1936- writer of introduction Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40597721 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Glossary of abbreviations - Comparison between French and U.S. Herring - Foreword / Marshall Andrews - Author's preface - How war came - Set-piece battle I - Set-piece battle II - Diary : milk run - Laos outpost - Diary : the women - 'Street without joy' - Diary : inspection tour - End of a task force - Diary : the men - Death march - Why Dien Bien Phu? - The loss of Laos - The second Indochina war - The future of revolutionary war - Appendixes. Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-403) and index

Defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and opening another tragic chapter in Vietnam's history. 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.

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. In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B.

Street Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall