Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, Paperback

Autor

Bernard Fall

Editura

Da Capo Press

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Nr. Pagini

ISBN

9780306811579

Categorii

Straina History & Archaeology History

Descriere

The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U. S.