Binding: Paperback
Description: First published in 1961 by Stackpole Books 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. After more than a half a century in print Street without Joy remains required reading.
Title: Street Without Joy The French Debacle In Indochina
Author(s): Fall Bernard B.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Barcode: 9780811736541
Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Date: 2/16/2018
Series: Stackpole Military History Series
Category: Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000