Publisher |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc |
Publication Year |
2018 |
ISBN-13 |
9780811736541 |
ISBN-10 |
9780811736541 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
424 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Dimensions (Cms) |
15.24 x 2.69 x 22.86Â |
Weight (grms) |
571 |
Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal-- and politically complicated--conflict between the French and the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina. The French fought to the bitter end, but even with the lethal advantages of a modern military, they could not stave off the Viet Minh insurgency of hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. The final French defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and a far bloodier chapter in Vietnam's history. Fall combined graphic reporting with deep scholarly knowledge of Vietnam and its colonial history in a book memorable in its descriptions of jungle fighting and insightful in its arguments
Bernard B. Fall
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc