Street Without Joy
Published on 1. March 1994
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-8117-1700-7 (ISBN)
Description
This classic account of the French War in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia is back in hardcover. Includes an introduction by George C. Herring.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mechanicsburg
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-1700-7 (9780811717007)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bernard B. Fall was born in France and fought with the French Resistance during World War II. While traveling in Vietnam in 1967, he was killed by a Vietcong explosive. His other works include Hell in a Very Small Place (0-306-81157-X) and Last Reflections on a War (0-8117-0904-3).
Content
How War Came; Set-Piece Battle I; Set-Piece Battle II; Diary: Milk Run; Laos Outpost; Diary: The Women; "Street Without Joy"; Diary: Inspection Tour; End of a Task Force; Diary: The Men; Death March; Why Dien Bien Phu?; The Loss of Laos; The Second Indochina War; The Future of Revolutionary War; Index.