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The Road to Dien Bien Phu

Christopher Goscha 2022-03-29

Author : Christopher Goscha

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Release : 2022-03-29

ISBN-13 : 0691180164

Page : 544 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 164 voters

On May 7, 1954, when the bullets stopped and the air stilled in Dien Bien Phu, there was no doubt that Vietnam could fight a mighty colonial power and win. After nearly a decade of struggle, a nation forged in the crucible of war had achieved a victory undreamed of by any other national liberation movement. This book tells the story of how Ho Chi Minh turned a ragtag guerrilla army into a modern fighting force capable of bringing down the formidable French army

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