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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Forty years ago, Frances war with the anticolonial Communist-led
Vietminh insurgency climaxed in the bloody battle for the valley of
Dienbienphu. The Vietminhs victory put the 17 million people of
North Vietnam under Communist rule and would, in two years, induce
Americas attempt to save South Vietnamwithout heeding the French
armys 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 Americas 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 Frances failure in
Vietnam... Philadelphia Inquirer
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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