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Street without Joy
Bernard B. Fall
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Description for Street without Joy
Paperback. Originally published in 1961, this book offered a warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. This book describes the brutality of the Indochina War, in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 b/w photos, 7 drawings, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
A poignant, angry, articulate book Newsweek 'Mr Fall's book is a dramatic treatment of a historic event graphic impact New York Times Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, Street Without Joy offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indochina War, the savage eight-year conflict, ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu, in which French forces ... Read more
A poignant, angry, articulate book Newsweek 'Mr Fall's book is a dramatic treatment of a historic event graphic impact New York Times Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, Street Without Joy offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indochina War, the savage eight-year conflict, ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu, in which French forces ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
673g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844153183
SKU
V9781844153183
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Ref
99-13
About Bernard B. Fall
Bernard Fall was born in France and fought with the French Resistance during World War II. While travelling in Vietnam in 1967, he was killed by a Vietcong explosive. His other works include Hell in a Very Small Place and Last Reflections on a War.
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