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In the Year of the Tiger - The War for Cochinchina, 1945-1951 (Hardcover)
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In the Year of the Tiger - The War for Cochinchina, 1945-1951 (Hardcover)
Series: Campaigns and Commanders Series
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In 1950, France experienced two parallel but different outcomes in
its Indochina war. While the conflict in the north ended with a
disastrous defeat for the French at Dien Bien Phu, in southern
Vietnam, or Cochinchina, France emerged victorious in a series of
violent but now largely forgotten actions. In the Year of the Tiger
tells the story of this critical southern campaign, revealing in
dramatic detail how the French war for Cochinchina set the stage
for the American war in Vietnam. In northern Vietnam, the French
troops had focused on destroying Viet Minh main force units. A
dearth of resources in the south dictated a different strategy.
William M. Waddell III describes how, by avoiding costly attempts
to defeat the Viet Minh in the traditional military sense, the
southern French command was able to secure key economic and
political strongholds. Consulting both French and Vietnamese
sources, Waddell examines the principal commanders on both sides,
their competing strategies, and the hard-fought military campaign
that they waged for control of the south. The author's deft
analysis suggests that counter to widely accepted views, the Viet
Minh were not invincible, and the outcome of the conflict in
Indochina was not inevitable. A challenge to historical orthodoxy,
In the Year of the Tiger presents a more balanced interpretation of
the French war for Indochina. At the same time, the book alters and
expands our understanding of the precedents and the dynamics of
America's Vietnam War.
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