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Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot

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Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot

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Dien Bien Phu is the definitive account of the great, climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the American commitment to Vietnam. Defense analyst Howard R. Simpson was an eyewitness.

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ISBN-13:	9781574888409
Publisher:	Potomac Books
Publication date:	04/01/2005
Series:	History of War
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	1,138,496
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 Years

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The late Howard R. Simpson was the author of eight other well-received novels. He also wrote several nonfiction books, including Someone Else's War and Dien Bien Phu

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“Fascinating. . . . Simpson’s prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup.”—Foreign Service Journal

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“Superb.”—Military Review

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“[The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson.”—Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History

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“Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable.”—Army

Army

A military classic.”
“No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu.”
“Captivating . . . Highly recommended.”
“Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable.”
“[Simpson] has written another classic.”
“As gripping as any CNN close-up.

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