Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina

Военная документалистика и аналитика, История

Автор: Фолл Бернард Б.

Год: 2017

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First published in 1961 by Stackpole Books, Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal-- and politically complicated--conflict between the French and the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina. The French fought to the bitter end, but even with the lethal advantages of a modern military, they could not stave off the Viet Minh insurgency of hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. The final French defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and a far bloodier chapter in Vietnam's history. Fall combined graphic reporting with deep scholarly knowledge of Vietnam and its colonial history in a book memorable in its descriptions of jungle fighting and insightful in its arguments. After more than a half a century in print, Street without Joy remains required reading.

Categories: History - Military History
Year: 2017
Edition: 2.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Language: english
Pages: 424
ISBN 10: 0811736547
ISBN 13: 9780811736541
Series: Stackpole Military History Series
File: EPUB, 13.66 MB