Hell In A Very Small Place
The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu
Published on 18. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
568 pages
978-0-306-81157-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-81157-9 (9780306811579)
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Person
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.