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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
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have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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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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