Hell in a Very Small Place - Couverture souple

Fall, Bernard B.

 
9780306811579: Hell in a Very Small Place
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 030681157X ISBN 13 : 9780306811579
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

From the acclaimed scholar and reporter, a thorough and revealing account of the historic turning point in Vietnam's long struggle--the 1954 battle for Dien Bien Phu

Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu--a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war--marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large, tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the U.S.'s future military defeat in the region, but would also provide a new model of modern warfare on which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory.

Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With maps highlighting the strategic points of conflict, with thirty-two pages of photos, and with Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bernard B. Fall was forty when he was killed in South Vietnam in 1967. The author of the classic Vietnam account, Street Without Joy, he wrote for the New York Times and the Washington Post.

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Éditeur
Da Capo Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030681157X
ISBN 13 
9780306811579
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
575
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781568659152: Hell In A Very Small Place [Gebundene Ausgabe] by Bernard B. Fall

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1568659156 ISBN 13 :  9781568659152
Editeur : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1966
Couverture rigide