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Street Without Joy

The French Debacle in Indochina
  • ISBN-13: 9780811736541
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
  • By Bernard Fall, By Fredrik Logevall
  • Price: AUD $50.99
  • Stock: 2 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 16/03/2018
  • Format: Paperback (227.00mm X 152.00mm) 424 pages Weight: 660g
  • Categories: Military history [HBW]
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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.
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