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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Book

Paperback. Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 736 Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its Elusive enemy General Giap's Viet Minh to pitched Battle Ten thousand French paras and Legionnaires with Artillery and tanks. were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle. and its outcome shocked the world. 'Enthralling ... Windrow gives a clear and cogent analysis of the general politico-military position ... Anyone who found Stalingrad absorbing will find this book equally so. Like Beevor. Windrow gives one the very essence of battle ... His character sketches of individuals. from commanding officers down. are deft and acute ... This book is a wonderful account of a terrible battle 'Allan Massie. Liter...Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and legionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world. 'Enthralling...Windrow gives a clear and cogent analysis of the general politico-military position...Anyone who found Stalingrad absorbing will find this book equally so. Like Beevor, Windrow gives one the very essence of battle...His character sketches of individuals, from commanding officers down, are deft and acute...This book is a wonderful account of a terrible battle' Allan Massie, Literary Review

  • Foyles

    Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into VietnamIn winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and légionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world.

  • 0304366927
  • 9780304366927
  • Martin Windrow
  • 10 February 2005
  • Cassell
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 752
  • New Ed
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